Insurance (Intermittent Unemployment) Act, 1942

Payment of supplementary benefit by the Minister.

33.—In any special case in which the Minister is of opinion that it would be impossible or unduly burdensome for an employer to pay under the provisions of this Act the amount of supplementary benefit due to an insured person, the Minister may excuse such employer from the duty of so paying and where an employer is so excused the Minister shall pay or cause to be paid from the Supplementary Unemployment Fund any amount of supplementary benefit payable to the insured person by such employer if he were not so excused.