§ (1) This Part of this Act shall apply to persons over the age of sixteen at the date of entry into insurance who are not British subjects, subject to the following modifications:—
- (a) No such person shall be qualified to become a member of an approved society for the purposes of this Part of this Act;
- (b) No part of the benefits to which such persons may become entitled shall be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament;
- (c) The rate of sickness, disablement, and maternity benefit shall be reduced, in the case of men, to seven-ninths, or in the case of women to three-quarters, of the rate to which they would otherwise be entitled under this Part of this Act;
- (d) No part of the sums payable in respect of such persons for medical benefit and sanatorium benefit or towards the expenses of administration of benefits shall in the case of such persons be paid out of moneys provided by Parliament:
§ Provided that any such person may become a member of an approved society on the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter mentioned, and in such case the following provisions shall have effect:—
- (i.) The contributions payable by or in respect of such person shall be credited to the society;
- (ii.) The society shall in each year pay to the local health committee the sums payable in respect of such person for medical benefit and sanatorium benefit;
- (iii.) The rate and conditions of sickness benefit, and disablement benefit, and maternity benefit shall be such as may be determined by the benefit society;
- (iv.) Such person shall not be deemed to have joined an approved society for the purpose of this Part of this Act relating to reserve values, and no part of the contributions of such person shall be retained by the Insurance Commissioners towards the
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§ (2) This Section shall not apply to any person who, on the fourth day of May, nineteen hundred and eleven, was a member of a society which shall become an approved society and has been resident for five years in the United Kingdom.
§ (3) For the purposes of this Section a woman who, having been a British subject before marriage, has ceased to be a British subject by reason of marriage with a person not being a British subject, shall not be subject to the provisions of this Section if her husband is dead, or the marriage has been dissolved or annulled, or she has for a period of not less than two years been actually separated from or deserted by her husband.
§ (4) This Section shall not apply to any person who is transferred to an approved society or the Post Office fund in pursuance of an arrangement with the Government of any foreign State.
§ Amendments made: In Sub-section (1), paragraph (a), at end, insert the words "except upon the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter mentioned."
§ Leave out the words, "Provided that any such person may become a member of an approved society on the terms and subject to the conditions hereinafter mentioned, and in such case," and insert instead thereof, "(2) Where such a person becomes a member of an approved society."
§ In paragraph (iii), leave out the word "benefit" ["the benefit society"].
§ In paragraph (iv), leave out the word "purpose" ["for the purpose of this part of"], and insert instead thereof the words "purposes of the provisions of."
§ Leave out Sub-section (2).
§ In Sub-section (3), leave out the words "For the purposes of this Section."
§ In Sub-section (4), after the word "apply" ["section shall not apply"], insert the words "to any person who on the fourth day of May, nineteen hundred and eleven, was a member of a society which, or a separate section of which, becomes an approved society, and had then been resident in the United Kingdom for five years or upwards, or to."—[Mr. Lloyd George.]