Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1974

Further relaxation of waiting period for unemployment assistance.

25.—(1) Section 11 of the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1960 , which removes in certain cases the waiting period for unemployment assistance provided for by section 19 (as amended by section 96 of the Act of 1952) of the Act of 1933, is hereby amended by the substitution for “on the last week-day before” of “not earlier than twenty weeks before”.

(2) This section shall come into operation on the 1st day of July, 1974.