S.I. No. 449/1992 - Social Welfare (Unemployment Benefit) (No. 2) Regulations, 1992.
S.I. No. 449 of 1992. | ||
SOCIAL WELFARE (UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT) (NO. 2) REGULATIONS, 1992. | ||
The Minister for Social Welfare, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 3 of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981 (No. 1 of 1981 ) and section 29 of that Act, (as amended by section 28 of the Social Welfare Act, 1992 (No. 5 of 1992)), hereby makes the following Regulations:— | ||
1 Short title and collective citation. | 1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Unemployment Benefit) (No. 2) Regulations, 1992. | |
(2) These Regulations and the Social Welfare (Unemployment Benefit) Regulations, 1992 ( S.I. No. 189 of 1992 ) shall be constructed together as one. | ||
(3) A reference to "the Social Welfare (Unemployment Benefit) Regulations, 1992" shall include these Regulations. | ||
2 Interpretation. | 2. In these Regulations— | |
"local office" means an office of the Department of Social Welfare or other place appointed by the Minister as a local office for the purposes of the Principal Act; | ||
"the Principal Act" means the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981 . | ||
3 Prescribed manner for proving unemployment. | 3. A person shall prove unemployment for the purposes of section 29 (1) (b) of the Principal Act by attending at a local office at such time as the Minister may direct for the purpose of making a written declaration, in such form as the Minister may determine or by making such declaration in such other manner as the Minister may determine, that— | |
( a ) he has been continuously unemployed since the date of his claim for unemployment benefit, or | ||
( b ) he has been unemployed or expects to be unemployed during each day in respect of which unemployment benefit is claimed. | ||
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare this 30th day of December, 1992. | ||
CHARLIE McCREEVY, | ||
Minister for Social Welfare. | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE. | ||
These Regulations prescribe the manner of proving unemployment for the purpose of Unemployment Benefit. |