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Social Welfare Act, 1948
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Alteration of rates of contribution.

28.—(1) The contributions payable under the Acts in respect of employed persons by those persons and by their employers respectively shall, in lieu of the rates fixed by subsection (1) of section 2 of the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1933 (No. 44 of 1933), be at the respective rates set out in columns (3) and (4) of the Table to this subsection.

Table to Subsection (1).

Weekly rates of contributions payable by employed persons and employers.

Ref. No.

Class of employed person

Weekly rate of contribution

By the employed person

By the employer

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

s.

d.

s.

d.

1

Men (18 years or over)

0

11

1

0

2

Women (18 years or over)

0

9

0

10

3

Boys (under 18 years)

0

5

0

6

4

Girls (under 18 Years)

0

5

0

5

(2) Subsection (1) of this section shall come into operation on the 4th day of October, 1948.