Chapter VII : TRANSITIONAL AND CONCLUDING PROVISIONS
ARTILCE (64)
The workers covered under the provisions of this Law who work within the Kingdom and suffer accidents during or by reason of work or contract occupational diseases before the Occupational Hazards Branch applies to them, shall be treated in accordance with the other statutory provisions related to compensations for employment injuries which are in effect on the date of occurrence of the accident or discovery of the disease.
ARTICLE (65)
In exception of the provision of sub-paragraph 2 (a) of Article (18), the contributing worker’s share of contribution shall be graduated at the following rates: at 6% (six percent) of the contributory wage for one year from the date this Law is put into effect, then raised to 7.5% (seven and a half percent) for another year, and raised to 9% (nine percent) thereafter.
ARTICLE (66)
In exception of the provisions of paragraph (3) of Article (38) and Article (41), the benefits payable for the period preceding the implementation of this Law for which the contributor has paid contributions on the basis of wages higher than the wages prescribed by virtue of paragraphs (1) and (2) of Article (19), shall be computed on the basis of the contributory wages regardless of the length of the period, or on the basis of the last wages at the end of the final period of contribution, whichever is better for the contributor, with due regard to the rules for entitlement and computation of pension and lump sum compensation provided for in this Law.
ARTICLE (67)
The contributor or any of his family members, as applicable, who satisfies the conditions set forth in the Regulations and is receiving within the Kingdom on the date this Law is put into effect, a monthly benefit or pension payable under the former Social Insurance Law, his payment shall be increased as follows:
1. If the benefit or pension received by the contributor is less than SR 1,500 (one thousand five hundred Saudi Riyals) per month, it shall be raised to this amount.
2. If the benefit or pension which has, after the death of the contributor, been divided among his family members is less than SR 1,500 (one thousand five hundred Saudi Riyals) per month, the shares of the eligible family members shall be re-determined on the basis of raising their breadwinner’s entitlement to this amount.
3. If the share of any of the family members in the benefit or pension is less than SR 300 (three hundred Saudi Riyals), it shall be raised to this amount, provided that the total amount of the shares of the family members pursuant to this provision shall not exceed SR 1,500 (one thousand five hundred Saudi Riyals) per month or the average wage taken as a basis for the calculation of the benefit or pension payable to the deceased contributor, whichever is greater, without prejudice to the provisions of the preceding paragraph.
4. The provisions of the preceding paragraphs shall be applicable with effect from the beginning of the month immediately following the date of putting this Law into effect.
ARTICLE (68)
1. The Minister shall, on the approval of the Board of Directors, and within one year from the date of publication of this Law, issue the decisions and regulations required for putting it into effect and such decisions and regulations shall be published in the official gazette.
2. The decisions and regulations in force on the date of putting this Law into effect shall continue to be valid in such matters as may not contradict the provisions herein until the decisions and regulations provided for in the preceding paragraph are issued.
3. Until the schedule of occupational diseases provided for in paragraph (3) of Article (27) is issued, the schedule issued by the Council of Ministers resolution No. 165 dated 07/10/1420H shall continue to apply.
4. Until the schedule of disability rates provided for in paragraph (1) of Article (34) is issued, the schedule issued by the Council of Ministers resolution No. 191 dated 11/11/1418H. shall continue to apply.
ARTICLE (69)
1. This Law shall replace the Social Insurance Law issued by the Royal Decree No. M/22 dated 6/9/1389 H and shall invalidate all the provisions that are contradictory hereto, and the ensuing rights and obligations shall transfer to the Organization, including the obligations resulting from its replacement of the Contractors’ Fund.
2. The Minister may, by a decision to be issued by him on the approval of the Board of Directors, prescribe the provisions hereof that apply to the contributors whose contribution period has been terminated prior to putting this Law into effect, as well as to their family members.
ARTICLE (70)
This Law shall be published in the official gazette, and shall come into force with effect from the beginning of the month immediately following the expiry of sixty days from the date of its publication.