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NATIONAL INSURANCE CORPORATION ACT
Revised Laws of Saint Lucia (2023)
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NATIONAL INSURANCE CORPORATION ACT
ACT
PART 1 PRELIMINARY
1. Short title
2. Interpretation
1. Citation
Schedule 1
Schedule 2
Schedule 3
Schedule 4
PART 2 ESTABLISHMENT AND ADMINISTRATION OF THE NATIONAL INSURANCE FUND AND THE NATIONAL INSURANCE CORPORATION
3. Establishment of National Insurance Fund
4. Establishment of National Insurance Corporation
5. National Insurance Board
6. Minister's powers and Board's duty to give advice and submit annual reports
7. Committees of the Board
8. Validity of Board's actions and protection of members
9. Power of Board to enter into arrangements with public authorities
10. Appointment, duties and powers of Director
11. Termination of Director's appointment and resignation
12. Deputy Director
13. Board to appoint Secretary
14. Inspectors
15. Appointment of other officers
16. Appointment of Legal, Medical Officers and other Advisors
17. Transfers from the Public Service and vice versa
18. Declaration of secrecy
19. Present employees retained
PART 3 FINANCE
20. Investment Committee
21. Investment of surplus moneys
22. Accounts and financial statements
23. Board to submit financial statement for laying before House
24. Actuarial review
25. Approval of borrowing by Minister and of the House for guarantee of any borrowing
PART 4 INSURED PERSONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS
26. Persons insured
27. Regulations for persons not falling under section 26
28. Liability to make deductions and contributions
29. Exceptions from liability to make contribution
30. Regulations for contributions and exemptions
31. Liability of person providing employees to others
32. Deductions from wages
33. Payment of contributions
34. Surcharge for late payment
35. Crediting of unpaid contributions
36. Employment by more than one employer
37. Contributions and other payments where benefit drawn
38. Contributions or benefits to be inalienable
39. Regulations relating to payment and collection of contributions
40. Contributions exempt from Income Tax Act
PART 5 BENEFITS
41. Benefits
42. Entitlement to benefit
43. Contribution credits during receipt of short-term benefit
44. Conditions for sickness benefit
45. Conditions for invalidity benefit
46. Calculation of day of incapacity for work
47. Regulations for sickness and invalidity benefits
48. Maternity grant and allowance
49. Entitlement to maternity allowance
50. Regulations for maternity allowance
51. Calculation of daily rate of maternity allowance
52. Unmarried woman and maintenance under Affiliation Act
53. Hospitalisation grant
54. Scheme of medical insurance
55. Survivor's benefit
56. Survivor's pension and grant
57. Regulations relating to survivor's benefits
58. Matters affecting entitlement to age pension
59. Entitlement to age grant
60. Regulations concerning age pensions and grants
61. Funeral grant
62. Employment injuries
63. Presumptions regarding employment injury
64. Conditions where employment injury benefit not payable
65. Regulations for employment Injury
PART 5A ECONOMIC RELIEF PROGRAMME (Inserted by Act 2 of 2020)
65A. Economic relief programme
65B. Entitlement under an economic relief programme
65C. Conditions under an economic relief programme
65D. Claim for economic relief
65E. Payment under an economic relief programme
65F. Grounds for ceasing payment
65G. Regulations for economic relief programme
PART 6 PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES OF STATUTORY BOARDS
66. Regulations for treating public servants as insured persons
67. Modification or repeal of Public Service Pension Scheme
PART 7 MARINERS AND AIRCRAFT PERSONNEL
68. Regulations for mariners and aircraft personnel
69. Regulations re wives or widows of mariners and aircraft personnel
PART 8 REGISTRATION OF BENEFICIARIES
70. Application for registration
PART 9 AGREEMENTS WITH FOREIGN GOVERNMENTS
71. Reciprocal agreements with other countries
PART 10 EXEMPTED SCHEMES
72. Regulations for exempted schemes
PART 11 ADJUDICATION AND LEGAL PROCEEDINGS
73. Adjudication and appeals
74. Unpaid contributions to rank as privileged debt
75. Joint liability of firm and officers
76. Certified copy as evidence
77. Civil proceedings
78. Execution and enforcement of judgement in certain circumstances
79. Garnishment
80. Joint liability of third parties in civil proceedings
81. Recovery by way of distress warrant
82. Offences and penalties
83. Recovery of contributions in proceedings under this Act
84. Proceedings against employer for benefit lost by default
85. Disclosure of information by Inland Revenue Department
86. Proceedings to be in Director's name or person authorised
PART 12 MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
87. Members of Board, Tribunal or Investment Committee not disqualified from membership of Parliament
88. Exemption from taxes
89. Private schemes
90. Assessment of damages against employer
91. Regulations
92. Power to remove difficulties
93. Savings
Schedule 1
Schedule 2
Schedule 3
Schedule 4
Schedule 5
SUBSIDIARY LEGISLATION
National Insurance Regulations – Section 91 (Statutory Instrument 22/2003)
PART 1 PRELIMINARY
NATIONAL INSURANCE CORPORATION (SICKNESS BENEFIT) (COVID-19) REGULATIONS – SECTION 47
1. Citation
2. Interpretation
3. Entitlement
4. Commencement of sickness benefit
5. Claim form and manner for making a claim
6. Conditions for sickness benefit
7. Period of payment
8. Rate of sickness benefit
9. Expiry
Schedule