Unemployment Insurance Act, 1941

Amendment of sub-section (4) of section 8 of the Principal Act in respect of certain persons employed on ships.

3.—(1) Where—

(a) the registration of any ship registered in the State is transferred to another State after the 2nd day of September, 1939, whether before or after the passing of this Act, and

(b) any contribution is paid in respect of any person by reason of his employment on such ship in the insurance year in which such transfer of registration occurs,

such person shall be a person to whom this section applies.

(2) Where, in respect of any person to whom this section applies, no contribution is paid in any insurance year (whether beginning before or after the passing of this Act) subsequent to the insurance year in which the relevant transfer of a ship occurs, such insurance year shall be disregarded in any application to such person of sub-section (4) of section 8 of the Principal Act.