S.I. No. 34/1934 - The Unemployment Assistance (Calculation of Means Regulations) Order, 1934.

STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS. 1934. No. 34.

THE UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE (CALCULATION OF MEANS REGULATIONS) ORDER, 1934.

THE UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE (CALCULATION OF MEANS REGULATIONS) ORDER, 1934, MADE BY THE MINISTER FOR INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE ON THE 15th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1934, PURSUANT TO SECTION 7 of THE UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE ACT, 1933 .

WHEREAS it is enacted by sub-section (1) of Section 7 of the Unemployment Assistance Act, 1933 , that the Minister for Industry and Commerce may by order make regulations prescribing any matter or thing which is referred to in the said Act as prescribed or to be prescribed or any matter or thing which is expressly authorised by the said Act to be prescribed by regulations made by the Minister under the said Act :

NOW, THEREFORE, the Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sub-section (1) of Section 7 of the Unemployment Assistance Act, 1933 , and of every and any other power him in this behalf enabling hereby orders as follows, that is to say :—

1. This Order may be cited for all purposes as the Unemployment Assistance (Calculation of Means Regulations) Order, 1934.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1923 , applies to the interpretation of this Order and of the Regulations hereby made thereunder in like manner as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of the Oireachtas.

3. The following regulations shall have effect for the purposes of the Unemployment Assistance Act, 1933 , that is to say :—

(1.) In these regulations—

the expression " the Act " means the Unemployment Assistance Act, 1933 ;

other expressions have the same meanings as they have in the Act.

(2.) The yearly value of any property mentioned in paragraph (a) of sub-section (1) of section 13 of the Act shall be ascertained in the following manner, that is to say :—

the capital value of the property shall be ascertained, and the yearly value of such property shall be taken to be one-twentieth part of the first £400 (or less amount) of such capital value together with one-tenth part of any such capital value in excess of £400.

(3.) The yearly value of any advantage mentioned in paragraph (c) of sub-section (1) of section 13 of the Act shall be ascertained in the following manner, that is to say :—

by reference to the facts, evidence and information which it is reasonably possible to obtain in each particular case, and which appear to be sufficient for the purpose.

(4) The yearly value of any property mentioned in paragraph (d) of sub-section (1) of section 13 of the Act shall be ascertained in the following manner, that is to say :—

(a) where the property is of the same nature as the property mentioned in paragraph (a) of subsection (1) of section 13 of the Act, the capital value of the property shall be ascertained, and the yearly value of such property shall be taken to be one-twentieth part of the first £400 (or less amount) of such capital value together with one-tenth part of any such capital value in excess of £400

(b) where the property is of the same nature as the property mentioned in paragraph (c) of subsection (1) of section 13 of the Act, its yearly value shall be ascertained by reference to the facts, evidence and information which it is reasonably possible to obtain in each particular case and which appear to be sufficient for the purpose.

By Order of the Minister for Industry and Commerce.

Dated this 15th day of February, 1934.

R. C. FERGUSON,

Assistant Secretary.

Department of Industry and Commerce.