S.L. 318.3 ст. 2Agreement. Memorandum The Minister of follows: (1) Where after the 7th (a) (b) (c) in he shall be the Act shall and as if the employer. (2) For the or Air Forces Reserve Forces The Act by an Schedule to for that class The respectively Reserve Forces at such dates Council, on Welfare, on the (1) Any

The provisions contained in the Agreement set out in the Annexe to this Order shall have full force and effect; and the Social Security Act shall have effect subject to the modifications required therein for the purpose of giving effect to those provisions. ANNEXE

of Agreement between the Admiralty, Army Council, Air Council, and the Minister of Emigration, Labour and Social Welfare Admiralty, the Army Council and the Air Council, on the one hand, and the Emigration, Labour and Social Welfare on the other hand, have agreed as

Article 1 a person who is over the age of fourteen years is at any time on or May, 1956 -serving as a member of the Forces, or undergoing training for a period of more than seventy-two consecutive hours as a member of the Reserve Forces, and either case is not paying contributions under the Scheme of National Insurance in Great Britain, in respect of his membership of such Forces, insured under the Act and, subject to the provisions of this Agreement, apply to him as if his service or training were insurable employment, Admiralty, Army Council or Air Council, as the case may be, were his purposes of this Agreement "the Forces" means the Naval, Military of the Crown, raised in Malta, and the "Reserve Forces" mean the raised in Malta.

Article 2 weekly rate of the contributions payable under the National Insurance insured person of any of the classes set out in the first column of the this Agreement, by his employer, shall be the rate set out respectively in the second, third and fourth column of that Schedule. Article 3

amounts payable by the Admiralty, Army Council and Air Council on account of the contributions payable by members of the Forces and and their employers shall be calculated and paid in such manner and as may be agreed upon between the Admiralty, Army Council and Air the one hand, and the Minister of Emigration, Labour and Social other hand. Article 4

person who is discharged, cashiered, or otherwise dismissed from the consequence of having been convicted on any proceedings under the Naval the Army Act or the Air Force Act, or by any Civil Court, shall be from receiving unemployment benefit for the period of six weeks after cashiering or dismissal.

person who is discharged from the Forces at his own request shall not by be disqualified from receiving unemployment benefit on the ground voluntarily left his employment without just cause. the purposes of any claim for unemployment benefit, a certificate be signed by a person authorised in that behalf by the Admiralty, Army Council, as the case may be, as to the fact of any person having been cashiered, or otherwise dismissed as mentioned in either of the foregoing paragraphs of this article and as to the date of the discharge, cashiering shall be conclusive evidence thereof unless it is proved that the certificate signed by a person so authorised as aforesaid.

Article 5 A person shall not be entitled to receive unemployment benefit benefit for any day on which he is serving as a member of any of undergoing training for a period of more than eight hours as a member Reserve Forces. Article 6

No injury benefit, disablement benefit or death benefit shall under the Act in respect of any accident happening to a person while a member of any of the Forces or undergoing training as a member Reserve Forces. Article 7

(1) If a person is entitled to receive a pension for disablement due in the Forces or Reserve Forces, and this pension includes an unemployability supplement, he shall not be entitled to receive any benefit under the Act.

(2) If a person is entitled to receive a pension for disablement due in the Forces or Reserve Forces, and this pension includes an allowance and if he would be entitled but for this Agreement to receive an increase under the Act for his wife, then he shall be entitled to receive only which that allowance is less than that increase of benefit. Article 8 If a widow is entitled to receive a pension on the ground that death was attributable to service in the Forces or Reserve Forces, entitled but for this Agreement to receive a widow’s pension under the be entitled to receive only -

(a) any amount by which the former pension (excluding any children) is less than the latter pension (excluding any children); and

(b) any amount by which an allowance for children included pension is less than an increase for children included pension;

and she shall be entitled to receive any amount specified in sub-paragraph Article even if she is entitled to receive nothing under sub-paragraph

Article 9 Where any person is, on account of his being at sea or outside course of his service as a member of the Forces or Reserve Forces, unable an act required to be done either forthwith or on the happening of a certain within a specified time, he shall be deemed to have complied therewith performs the act as soon as is reasonably practicable although after the the event or the expiration of the specified time.

Article 10 In the event of the termination of this Agreement, any rights person in accordance with its provisions shall be maintained and negotiations take place for the settlement of any rights then in course of acquisition its provisions. Article 11 Agreement shall have effect from the 7th May, 1956, and shall remain period of one year from that date. Thereafter, it shall continue in force year unless notice of termination is given in writing by either party at months before the expiry of any such yearly period.

Valletta, Malta, this 12th day of May, 1956.

Admiralty (sgd.) Guy Grantham Admiral

Army Council (sgd.) Brian Daunt Major General

Council (sgd.) G. Nicholetts Air Marshal of Emigration, Social Welfare (ad int.) (sgd.) A. Barbara SCHEDULE Substituted Order L.N. L.N. Weekly Rates of Contribution

Weekly rate of contribution

Class of insured persons By insured By employer person

Members of the Forces: Persons over 19 years of age €1.35 €1.35 Boys and Girls between the ages of 14 and 19 €0.33 €0.33