Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1965

Increase of rates of unemployment assistance.

3.—(1) In the Act of 1933, for the Schedule thereto inserted by section 3 of the Act of 1964, 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

Person without a dependant

34s. 0d.

28s. 0d.

Person with an adult dependant

62s. 6d.

54s. 6d.

Person with an adult dependant and one child dependant

72s. 6d.

64s. 6d.

Person with an adult dependant and two or more child dependants

82s. 6d. plus, where there are more than two child dependants, 5s. for each child dependant in excess of two.

74s. 6d. plus, where there are more than two child dependants, 5s. for each child dependant in excess of two.

Person with one child dependant

44s. 0d.

38s. 0d.

Person with two or more child dependants

54s. 0d. plus, where there are more than two child dependants, 5s. for each child dependant in excess of two.

48s. 0d. plus, where there are more than two child dependants, 5s. for each child dependant in excess of two.

”.

(2) Subsection (1) of this section shall come into operation on the 1st day of August, 1965.