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Social Welfare Act, 1959
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Increase of rates of unemployment assistance.

2.—In the Unemployment Assistance Act, 1933 , for the Schedule thereto inserted by subsection (1) of section 2 of the Social Welfare Act; 1957, there is hereby substituted the following:

“SCHEDULE.

Rates of Unemployment Assistance.

Classes of persons to whom the rates of unemployment assistance set out in this Schedule are applicable.

Rate of unemployment assistance applicable to persons resident in any urban area.

Rate of unemployment assistance applicable to persons resident in any other place.

per week

per week

s.

d.

s.

d.

Person without a dependant

19

0

13

0

Person with an adult dependant

32

6

24

6

Person with an adult dependant and one child dependant

33

6

29

6

Person with an adult dependant and two or more child dependants

43

6

33

6

Person with one child dependant

25

0

18

0

Person with two or more child dependants

30

0

22

0

”