Unemployment Assistance Act, 1933

Courts of referees and the Umpire.

21.—(1) Every court of referees for the time being subsisting under and for the purposes of the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1920, as amended or extended by subsequent enactments shall be a court of referees for the purposes of this Act, and accordingly in this Act the expression “court of referees” means a court of referees so subsisting.

(2) The Umpire for the time being appointed and acting under and for the purposes of the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1920, as amended or extended by subsequent enactments shall be the Umpire for the purposes of this Act, and accordingly in this Act the expression “the Umpire” means the Umpire so appointed and acting.

(3) Regulations made by the Minister under this Act may prescribe the practice and procedure to be observed by courts of referees and the Umpire respectively in the performance of their respective functions under this Act, and may apply to proceedings before a court of referees or before the Umpire all or any of the provisions of the Common Law Procedure Amendment Act (Ireland), 1856, relating to arbitration.