National Insurance Act, 1911 : handbook to the administration of sickness and maternity benefits by approved societies.

Date:
1913
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Licence: In copyright

Credit: National Insurance Act, 1911 : handbook to the administration of sickness and maternity benefits by approved societies. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    (ii.) An alien who had been on the 4th May, 1911, resident in the United Kingdom for five years or upwards, and was then a member of any Society which becomes approved as a whole or establishes a separate section, is to be treated as a British subject. (It is not neces- sary that he should effect his State insurance through the Society of which he was a member on the 4th May, 1911.) (ITT.) So far as regards contributions, an alien insured person Alien’s con- pays exactly the same (whether he is an employed or a voluntary tribntions. contributor) as a British subject in the same circumstances. The fact that he is an alien makes no difference; an alien low-wage earner is entitled to the parliamentary penny, and an alien who was 65 or upwards on the 15th July, 1912, is entitled to the parliamentary twopence. (ITS.) The rate of benefit (sickness and maternity) is that Alien’s provided by the rules of each Society. See Table G of the benefits Appendix. (1T9.) A woman who is married takes her nationality from her husband, so that an Englishwoman who marries an alien is to be treated during her marriage as an alien. On the death of her husband or on divorce an Englishwoman v/ho has married an alien again becomes, for the purposes of the Act, a British sub- ject; where her husband deserts her or is actually separated from her she becomes, for the purposes of the Act, a British subject after two years of such desertion or separation. (180.) In the same way, a woman who is an alien by birth becomes in law herself a British subject as soon as she marries a British subject. In this case the nationality acquired from the husband does not cease when the marriage ceases, so that an alien woman who marries a British subject becomes (in ordinary cases) a British subject for the rest of her, life. Nationality and marriage. (3-) Navy and Army Members. (181.) So far as the Society is concerned this class of members is the easiest of all. While they are still in the Navy or Army they pay a weekly contribution of 2>d. Army members pay on a B card; Navy members do not have cards at all, their contribu- tions being credited in the manner explained in Circular A.S. T2. As regards benefit, they are entitled to maternity benefit only, the benefit in their case being payable even if both husband and wife are abroad at the time of the confinement. If the husband is abroad and the wife at home he may authorize the Society to pay direct to her. (181a.) Members who continue to be insured after leaving the Navy or Army are treated as ordinary employed contributors (or voluntary contributors if they are not employed and are qualified to become voluntary contributors), all their previous insurance being taken into account.