Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1987

Persons affected by trade disputes.

13.—(1) Section 35 of the Principal Act (which relates to disqualification for receiving unemployment benefit) is hereby amended by the substitution for the proviso in subsection (1) of the following proviso:

“Provided that the foregoing provisions of this subsection shall not apply to a person who is not participating in or directly interested in the trade dispute which caused the stoppage of work.”.

(2) Section 142 of the Principal Act (which relates to disqualification for receiving unemployment assistance) is hereby amended by the substitution for paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of the following paragraph:

“(b) Paragraph (a) shall not apply to a person who is not participating in or directly interested in the trade dispute which caused the stoppage of work.”.

(3) Section 203 of the Principal Act (which relates to the disregarding of needs for the purposes of ascertaining entitlement to supplementary welfare allowance) is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection (2) of the following subsection:

“(2) Subsection (1) shall not apply to any person who is not participating in or directly interested in the trade dispute which caused the stoppage of work.”.

(4) This section shall come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1988.