S.I. No. 34/1927 - The Unemployment Insurance (Night Work) Regulations, 1926.

STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS. 1927. No. 34.

THE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE (NIGHT WORK) REGULATIONS, 1926.

UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE.

NIGHT WORK REGULATIONS, 1926.

The Unemployment Insurance (Night Work) Regulations, 1926, dated 23rd July, 1926, made by the Minister for Industry and Commerce under the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1920, and the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1926 .

The Minister for Industry and Commerce, in pursuance of Section 35 of the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1920, as amended by Section 3 of the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1926 , and of all other powers in this behalf, hereby makes the following regulations :—

1.—For the purpose of determining claims for unemployment benefit (and for no other purpose) :—

(a) where a period of employment begun on a Saturday extends over midnight into Sunday, the person employed shall, in respect of such period, be treated as having been employed on Saturday only ;

(b) where a period of employment begun on a Sunday extends over midnight into Monday, the person employed shall, in respect of such period, be treated as having been employed on Monday only ;

(c) where a period of employment begun on any day other than Saturday or Sunday extends over midnight into the following day, the person shall, in respect of such period :

(i) be treated as having been employed on the first day only if the employment before midnight is of longer duration than after midnight ; and

(ii) be treated as having been employed on the second day only if the employment after midnight is of longer duration than before midnight, or if the employment before and after midnight is of equal duration.

2.—These Regulations may be cited as the Unemployment Insurance (Night Work) Regulations, 1926.

Signed by Order of the Minister for Industry and Commerce, this twenty-third day of July, 1926.

(Signed) GORDON CAMPBELL,

Secretary.

Department of Industry and Commerce.