Unemployment Insurance Act, 1946

Application of certain provisions of the Irish Acts and regulations made thereunder.

8.—(1) All the provisions (including penal provisions) of the Irish Acts which apply to unemployment benefit under the Irish Acts (except subsections (5) and (6) of section 22 of the Act of 1920 and section 9 of the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1923 (No. 17 of 1923), shall, so far as those provisions are not inconsistent with this Part, apply to special benefit.

(2) Regulations made under the Irish Acts in relation to unemployment benefit under the Irish Acts shall, so far as those regulations are not inconsistent with this Part, apply in relation to special benefit.