Social Welfare Act, 1973

Removal of restriction on qualification for unemployment assistance in the case of certain widows and spinsters.

9.—(1) For the purpose of satisfying the conditions specified in sections 10 (3) (f) and 15 (1) (f) of the Act of 1933 (inserted by paragraph 1 of Part 1 of the Sixth Schedule to the Act of 1952), any employment contribution under the Act of 1952 shall, in the case of a widow or spinster who has no dependant, be reckonable, and, accordingly, subparagraph (ii) of each of the said sections is hereby amended by the deletion of “at the ordinary rate”.

(2) This section shall come into operation on the 1st day of October, 1973.