(1) Subject to this Act a person who—
(a) is between the ages of 16 and 60;
(b) is engaged in insurable employment;
(c) is registered in the prescribed manner under this Act;
(d) has fulfilled such conditions as may be prescribed as to domicile or residence in Saint Lucia; or
(e) is in employment outside Saint Lucia under such conditions as shall be prescribed,
is an insured person in respect of the several contingencies in relation to which benefits are provided under this Act, and shall remain so insured until he or she satisfies the conditions for retirement.
(2) A person who on the appointed day was a member of the National Provident Fund, established under the repealed National Provident Fund Act, 1970, is an insured person under this Act.
(3) The Minister may make regulations to provide for the treating of the following categories as insurable employment—
(a) any category of employment which, though not employment under a contract of service, is subject to such conditions as to make it similar to employment under a contract of service;
(b) any employment outside Saint Lucia in continuation of any insurable employment;
(c) employment outside Saint Lucia of a person domiciled or having a place of residence in Saint Lucia, being employment as a member of the diplomatic or consular service of the diplomatic or consular service of Saint Lucia or as a domestic worker employed by a member of such service.
(4) The following categories shall be treated as insurable employment unless otherwise provided in regulations—
(a) employment which is of a casual or subsidiary nature or in which the person concerned is engaged only to an inconsiderable extent;
(b) employment as a relative or partner in the service of or for the purpose of trade or business, of the employer or person concerned;
(c) such employment in the service of, or in the service of a person employed with such international organisations or countries (other than Saint Lucia) as may be prescribed.
(5) The Minister may make regulations to provide for treating a person's employment as continuing during periods of holiday, incapacity for work or such other circumstances as may be prescribed.