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The Committee notes that the Government’s report has not been received. It hopes that a report will be supplied for examination by the Committee at its next session and that it will contain full information on the matters raised in its previous direct request, which read as follows:

Article 1(1) and (2) of the Convention. Equal treatment. The Committee notes that the Social Security Act (Chapter 31:01) applies to every person gainfully occupied in insurable employment (section 19(1)(b)). It also notes that section 51 of the same Act provides that in order to give effect to international agreements providing for reciprocity in matters of social security the Government may modify or adapt the provisions of the Social Security Act. The Committee wishes to recall in this respect that, in accordance with the above provisions of the Convention, workers from countries party to Convention No. 19, as well as their dependants, need to be granted the same treatment as nationals in respect of occupational accidents, irrespective of the existence of reciprocity agreements to this effect with their country of origin. It would therefore be grateful if the Government would confirm that the national legislation is applied in a way ensuring the equality of treatment provided for by the Convention and indicate the manner in which section 51 is applied in practice.