The National Insurance (Non-participation—Certificates) Regulation 1959

These Regulations provide in Part I for the appointment of a Registrar and deputy Registrars for the purpose of the issue to employers of certificates specifying employments which are to be treated as non-participating employments for the purposes of Part II of the National Insurance Act, 1959, and the variation, cancellation and surrender of such certificates and for the purpose of determining questions arising thereon as to whether any employment is to be treated as a non-participating employment. Part II of the Regulations prescribes the manner in which elections and revocations of elections are to be made by employers seeking the issue, cancellation or variation of a certificate. Part III provides for questions as to whether or for what period an employment is, under any certificate, to be treated as non-participating in relation to any person, to be referred to the Registrar by the Minister and empowers the Registrar to appoint a person to hold an inquiry before determining such a question. Part IV prescribes the manner in which questions are to be determined by the Registrar and provides for appeals from his decisions to lie to the Adjudicator to whom the Registrar may also refer a question instead of determining it himself. This Part also provides for review by the Registrar of decisions on questions referred to him by the Minister under Part III. The procedure for the issue, variation and cancellation of certificates by the Registrar is prescribed in Part V which also includes matters connected therewith.