Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1965

Special provision for limited period in relation to calculation of means of certain persons for purposes of unemployment assistance.

10.—(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 8 of this Act, during the period of five years commencing on the 3rd day of January, 1966—

(a) where immediately before the 3rd day of January, 1966, a person—

(i) is the holder of a qualification certificate under the Acts,

(ii) is the occupier of land which is personally used or enjoyed by him,

(iii) is resident in an area standing specified in an order under subsection (3) of section 8 of this Act,

the yearly value of any advantage accruing to such person from the use of such land shall, for the purposes of paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section 13 of the Act of 1933, be either the value calculated in accordance with section 8 of this Act or the value calculated in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (3) of Regulation 3 of the Unemployment Assistance (Calculation of Means Regulations) Order, 1934 , whichever is the less, and

(b) subject to the provisions of section 9 of this Act, whenever at any time the yearly value aforesaid when calculated in accordance with the provisions of the said paragraph (3) equals or exceeds such yearly value when calculated in accordance with the provisions of section 8 of this Act, such yearly value shall, for the purposes of the said paragraph (c), be calculated in accordance with the provisions of the said section 8 and shall thereafter continue to be so calculated.

(2) Paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of this section shall not apply in relation to a person who—

(a) is the holder of a qualification certificate under the Acts immediately before the 3rd day of January, 1966,

(b) received the certificate before the beginning of the year ending on the 3rd day of January, 1966, and

(c) has not, during the year ending on the 3rd day of January, 1966, applied for or been in receipt of unemployment assistance under the Acts.