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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    applicant is qualified to be insured under tbe Act,* and, if so, whether he is eligible for admission to the Society under its rules. (d) If the applicant appears to satisfy both these conditions the secretary will see that the application is con- sidered by, or on behalf of, the Society, and will then send to the applicant a notice of acceptance or rejection. {e) He will on sending a notice of acceptance make the necessary entries in the Membership Register. He will then supply the member with the appropriate contribution card and insurance book. He will also issue new cards before the beginning of each quarter. (/) He will receive the stamped cards at the end of each quarter and sort them into classes. He will write up the Contribution Register, re-sort the cards in each class in accordance with the value of the stamps, make out the quarterly return from which will be calculated the amount to he credited to the Society in the National Health Insurance Fund, and send this return and the stamped cards to the Commissioners. (g) He will write up the insurance books and return them to the members. (h) He will keep accounts in accordance with the require- ments of the Commission and submit them for audit when required. (^) He will send to the Insurance Committee for the area in which each member is resident an index slip duly filled up, in order that the Committee may be in a position to administer medical and sanatorium benefits for the menther. (j) He wull receive from the members claims for sickness and maternity benefits and will see that all the require- ments of the rules of the Society with reference to such claims are complied with; he will advise his Committee as to whether the member is entitled to the benefit claimed, and, if so, what is the amount of the benefit due, and when and for how long it should be paid. {k) He will arrange for the payment of the sum due to the member and will see that proper receipts are obtained for every payment so made, and that the necessary entries are made in the Benefit Registers. * A person is not qualified to be insured unless he is either :— (1) In employment by way of manual labour ; or (2) In any employment at a rate of remuneration not exceeding in value £160 a year ; or (3) Engaged in some regular occupation, and wholly or mainly dependent for his livelihood on the earnings derived by him from that occupa- tion, and has a total income, including earnings, not exceeding £160 a year.