Social Insurance Law
PART 4: MINISTERIAL ORDERS
MINISTERIAL ORDER NO. 2/INSURANCE WITH RESPECT TO IMPLEMENTING LEGISLATIVE DECREE-LAW NO.20 OF 1986 AMENDING THE SOCIAL INSURANCE LAW
The Minister for Labour and Social Affairs, Having reviewed Legislative Decree-Law No. 20 of 1986 with respect to reducing Social Insurance contributions to the Branch of Insurance against Old Age, Disability and Death; And with the approval of the Board of Directors of the General Organisation for Social Insurance at its 59th Meeting held on 27th August 1986, And upon the submission of the Director General of the General Organisation for Social Insurance, Hereby orders the following:
Article 1
The reduction to the contributions payable by the employer and the insured to the insurance branch against old age, natural disability and death in accordance with the provisions of Legislative Decree-Law No. 20 of 1986 hereinabove mentioned, shall come into effect as from 1st September, 1986. Such reduction shall be applicable in respect of contributions payable to GOSI for the aforesaid month of September. This is in addition to the payment of contributions due for the Employment Injuries Branch to the said Organisation.
However, the reduction mentioned in the preceding paragraph shall not apply to the cases that may have taken place in contravention of the provisions of the said Social Insurance Law before 1st September 1986, as well as the cases reported after such date in respect of the period from the date of the contravention until the effective date of the reduction.
Article 2
The rights of the insured and their beneficiaries set forth in the aforesaid Social Insurance Law shall remain as detailed in the said Law together with any increases without being prejudiced whether what have already accrued or what may accrue in future.
Article 3
The Director General of the General Organisation for Social Insurance shall implement this Order which shall be published in the Official Gazette.
Signed : Khalifa bin Salman bin Mohamed Al Khalifa
Minister for Labour and Social Affairs
Dated : 1 September 1986
Published in the Official Gazette No. 1710 dated 4 September 1986.