Unemployment Insurance Act, 1946

Commencement of Part II of this Act.

3.—(1) Part II of this Act shall not come into operation save as is provided by subsection (2) of this section.

(2) If, but only if, arrangements have been entered into between the Government and the Government of the United Kingdom whereby the Government of the United Kingdom undertake to meet the cost of paying to persons in the State benefit in respect of periods during which those persons fulfil the statutory conditions, the Minister may by order declare that Part II of this Act shall come into operation on such date as he specifies in the order, and thereupon the said Part II shall come into force on the date so specified.