Social Welfare Act, 1948

Amendment of paragraph 1 of the Second Schedule to the Principal Act.

26.—In the Second Schedule to the Principal Act, there shall be substituted, for paragraph 1, the following paragraph:—

“1. Unemployment benefit shall be payable in respect of each week of any continuous period of unemployment after the first week of unemployment and shall, in the case of recipients of any class set out in column (2) of the Table to this paragraph at any reference number, be at the weekly rate set out in column (3) of the said Table at that reference number.

Table to Paragraph 1.

Weekly Rates of Benefit.

Ref. No.

Class of recipient

Weekly rate of benefit

(1)

(2)

(3)

s.

d.

1

Men (18 years or over)

22

6

2

Women (18 years or over)

18

0

3

Boys (under 18 years)

11

6

4

Girls (under 18 years)

9

0