S.I. No. 366/1951 - Insurance (Intermittent Unemployment) Act, 1942 (Amendment of Rates of Supplementary Benefit) Regulations, 1951.


S.I. No. 366 of 1951.

INSURANCE (INTERMITTENT UNEMPLOYMENT) ACT, 1942 (AMENDMENT OF RATES OF SUPPLEMENTARY BENEFIT) REGULATIONS, 1951.

The Minister for Social Welfare, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by the joint operation of subsection (1) of section 46 of the Insurance (Intermittent Unemployment) Act, 1942 (No. 7 of 1942), and the Social Welfare (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) (No. 1) Order, 1947 ( S. R. & O. No. 18 of 1947 ), and of every and any other power him in this behalf enabling, and with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance, hereby makes the following regulations :—

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Insurance (Intermittent Unemployment) Act, 1942 (Amendment of Rates of Supplementary Benefit) Regulations, 1951.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 14th day of January, 1952.

2. The Third Schedule to the Insurance (Intermittent Unemployment) Act, 1942 (No. 7 of 1942), as amended by the Insurance (Intermittent Unemployment) Act, 1942 (Amendment of Rates of Supplementary Benefit) Regulations, 1947 ( S. R. & O. No. 92 of 1947 ), is hereby amended—

(a) by substituting an hourly rate of supplementary benefit of 2s. 0d. for the rate of 1s. 6d., and

(b) by substituting an hourly rate of supplementary benefit of 1s. 3d. for the rate of 1s. 0d., and

(c) by substituting an hourly rate of supplementary benefit of 6d. for the rate of 5d.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare, this 19th day of December, 1951.

(Signed) W. MAGUIRE,

Secretary,

Department of Social Welfare.

A person authorised under Section 15 (1) of the Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924 , to authenticate the seal of the said Minister.

The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the foregoing regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 19th day of December, 1951.

(Signed) J. J. McELLIGOTT,

Secretary,

Department of Finance.

A person authorised under Section 15 (1) of the Ministers and Secretaries Act, 1924 , to authenticate the seal of the said Minister