The Foot-and-Mouth Disease (Importation) (Revocation) Order (Northern Ireland) 1961
in connection with the operation of the provisions of the National Insurance Act (Northern Ireland), 1959; by virtue of Regulation 2 the present Regulations apply to awards, other than supplemental pensions, granted under the Royal Ulster Constabulary Pensions Orders on a person ceasing to be a member on or after 3rd April, 1961.

By virtue of section 6(2) of the Act of 1959 an employment may not be contracted out of the graduated National Insurance scheme unless persons in that employment qu...