Social Welfare Act, 1994

Amendment of Chapter 11 of Part II of Principal Act (pay-related benefit).

21.—(1) Section 79 (1) of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for paragraph (a) of the following paragraph:

“(a) is a day of unemployment which forms part of a period of interruption of employment where the first day of unemployment in that period commenced before the 21st day of July, 1994 and in respect of which the person is entitled to unemployment benefit and which is not earlier than the 19th day of unemployment in the said period of interruption of employment, or”.

(2) Section 80 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution of “£97.50” for “£80” in each place where it occurs.

(3) Subsection (2) shall come into operation on the 20th day of July, 1994.

(4) The Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion after section 81 of the following section:

“Payment of benefit.

81A.—Notwithstanding the provisions of this Chapter, pay-related benefit shall not be payable to a person in respect of any day of unemployment or of incapacity for work on or after the 1st day of November, 1995, unless he is in receipt of the said benefit on that day in which case benefit shall continue to be payable for the duration of his continuous entitlement up to the 393rd day of unemployment or of incapacity for work.”.