Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981

Calculation of means—alternative method.

[1965 MP, ss. 8, 9; 1979, s. 4]

147.—(1) Subject to subsection (5), the yearly value of any advantage accruing to a person who is resident in an area standing specified for the time being in an order under subsection (3) from the use of land which is personally used or enjoyed by the person shall, for the purposes of section 146 (1) (c), be deemed to be an amount calculated—

(a) at the rate of £30 for every pound of the rateable valuation of the land in any case where the valuation does not exceed £10 and at a proportionate rate for any portion of £1 of the valuation,

(b) at the rate of £50 for every pound of the rateable valuation of the land in any case where the valuation exceeds £10 but does not exceed £15 and at a proportionate rate for any portion of £1 of the valuation,

(c) at the rate of £60 for every pound of the rateable valuation of the land in any case where the valuation exceeds £15 but does not exceed £20 and at a proportionate rate for any portion of £1 of the valuation,

[1977, s. 5]

(d) in accordance with the provisions of Regulation 3 (3) of the Unemployment Assistance (Calculation of Means Regulations) Order, 1934 (S.R. & O., No. 34 of 1934) in any case where the valuation exceeds £20.

[1976, s. 4]

(2) (a) The Government may from time to time by order vary a rate specified in subsection (1) or a rateable valuation so specified in relation to such a rate, and may by order provide for a further rate or rates in addition to those provided for in that subsection and specify a further valuation or further valuations in relation to such rate or rates.

(b) The Government may from time to time by order revoke or amend an order under this subsection, including an order under this paragraph.

(3) (a) The Government may from time to time by order specify areas for the purposes of subsection (1).

(b) The Government may from time to time by order revoke or amend an order under this subsection, including an order under this paragraph.

(4) Every order made by the Government under this section shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas as soon as may be after it is made and, if a resolution annulling the order is passed by either such House within the next subsequent 21 days on which that House has sat after the order is laid before it, the order shall be annulled accordingly but without prejudice to the validity of any thing previously done thereunder.

[1979, s. 5]

(5) Notwithstanding subsections (1) to (4), a person residing in an area standing specified in an order under subsection (3) may opt to have the yearly value of any advantage accruing to him from the use of land personally used or enjoyed by him calculated, for the purposes of section 146 (1) (c), in accordance with the provisions of paragraph (3) of Regulation 3 of the Unemployment Assistance (Calculation of Means Regulations) Order, 1934, (S.R. & O., No. 34 of 1934).