S.I. No. 7/1971 - Insurance (Intermittent Unemployment) Act, 1942 (Amendment of Rates of Supplementary Benefit) Regulations, 1971.
S.I. No. 7 of 1971. | ||||||||
INSURANCE (INTERMITTENT UNEMPLOYMENT) ACT, 1942 (AMENDMENT OF RATES OF SUPPLEMENTARY BENEFIT) REGULATIONS, 1971. | ||||||||
The Minister for Social Welfare, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by the joint operation 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 with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance, hereby makes the following regulations : 1. (1) These Regulations may be cited at the Insurance (Intermittent Unemployment) Act, 1942 (Amendment of Rates of Supplementary Benefit) Regulations, 1971. | ||||||||
(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 18th day of January, 1971. 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, 1966 ( S.I. No. 188 of 1966 ), is hereby amended— | ||||||||
(a) by substituting an hourly rate of supplementary benefit of 6s 0d (30p) for the rate of 3s 8d, and | ||||||||
(b) by substituting an hourly rate of supplementary benefit of 5s 0d (25p) for the rate of 3s 1d, and | ||||||||
(c) by substituting an hourly rate of supplementary benefit of 2s 0d (10p) for the rate of 1s 2d. | ||||||||
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare | ||||||||
this 14th day of January, 1971. | ||||||||
JOSEPH BRENNAN, | ||||||||
Minister for Social Welfare. | ||||||||
The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the foregoing regulations. | ||||||||
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance this 14th day | ||||||||
of January, 1971. | ||||||||
SEOIRSE Ó COLLA, | ||||||||
Minister for Finance. | ||||||||
EXPLANATORY NOTE. | ||||||||
The effect of the Regulations is to increase the hourly rates of " Wet-Time " benefit payable under the Acts. | ||||||||
The hourly benefit rates are fixed by these Regulations as from 18th January, 1971, as follows : | ||||||||
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