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Cessation of powers in respect of special schemes.
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8.—(1) The power of the Minister under section eighteen of the Principal Act to make special Orders approving or making special schemes shall cease: Provided that the foregoing provision shall not affect the operation of any special scheme duly approved by the Minister before the commencement of this Act.
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(2) For the purpose of securing in the case of a special scheme that like rates of benefit shall be payable to the persons to whom the scheme applies as are payable under this Act, and that the Benefits under the scheme shall otherwise be not less favourable than those provided by the general provisions of the Unemployment Insurance Acts, 1920 to 1924 (but for no other purpose), the Minister may, after consultation with the body charged with the administration of the scheme, notwithstanding anything in the said section eighteen, by order vary or amend the provisions of the scheme, and any such order may provide for consequential amendments as to the rates of contribution and otherwise.
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