Unemployment Assistance (Amendment) Act, 1940

Amendment of section 15 of the Principal Act.

7.—(1) The Principal Act shall be construed and have effect as if the following paragraph were inserted in sub-section (1) of section 15 thereof in lieu of paragraph (e) now contained therein (being the paragraph inserted therein by sub-section (2) of section 8 of the Unemployment Assistance (Amendment) Act, 1935 (No. 38 of 1935)), that is to say:—

“(e) in the case of a person resident in an urban area applying for unemployment assistance, that either—

(i) he has, at any time before making such application, been ordinarily resident in such urban area for a period of five years, or for a number of periods which amount in the aggregate to five years, or

(ii) he has been ordinarily resident in such urban area for at least one year immediately preceding such application, or

(iii) he has had at least three months employment in such urban area within the year immediately preceding such application.”

(2) The references in sub-sections (3) and (4) of the said section 8 of the Unemployment Assistance (Amendment) Act, 1935 , to sub-section (2) of that section shall be construed and have effect as references to the next preceding sub-section of this section.