Finance Act, 1999

Amendment of section 126 (tax treatment of certain benefits payable under Social Welfare Acts) of Principal Act.

11.—Section 126 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution, in subsection (8), of the following for paragraph (b) (inserted by the Finance Act, 1998 ):

“(b) Notwithstanding subsection (3) and the Finance Act, 1992 (Commencement of Section 15) (Unemployment Benefit and Pay-Related Benefit) Order, 1994 ( S.I. No. 19 of 1994 ) subsection (3)(b) shall not apply in relation to unemployment benefit paid or payable in the period commencing on the 6th day of April, 1997, and ending on the 5th day of April, 2000, to a person employed in short-time employment.”.