Unemployment Insurance Act, 1923

Amendments of Schedules to the Principal Act.

6.—(1) The following paragraph shall be substituted for paragraph (b) of Part I. of the First Schedule to the Principal Act:—

“(b) Employment under such a contract as aforesaid as master or a member of the crew of any ship registered in Saorstát Eireann or of a Saorstát Eireann or British ship or vessel (not being a ship registered in Great Britain or Northern Ireland) of which the owner or, if there is more than one owner, the managing owner or manager resides or has his principal place of business in Saorstát Eireann.”

(2) The following paragraph shall be substituted for paragraph (c) of Part II. of the First Schedule to the Principal Act:—

“(c) Employment in the military service of Saorstát Eireann.”

(3) The following paragraph shall be substituted for paragraph 2 of the Second Schedule to the Principal Act:—

“2. No person shall receive unemployment benefit for more than fifteen weeks during the first benefit year nor for more than twenty-six weeks during any subsequent benefit year, nor at any time in respect of any period less than one day.”

(4) The following paragraph shall be substituted for paragraph 5 of the Second Schedule to the Principal Act:—

“5. A period of unemployment shall not be deemed to commence until the date on which the insured contributor makes application in the prescribed manner for unemployment benefit:

Provided that regulations may be made under this Act for allowing some earlier date to be substituted for the date of application in any case in which good cause is shown for delay in making the application.”