Finance Act, 2001

Amendment of section 126 (tax treatment of certain benefits payable under Social Welfare Acts) of Principal Act.

6.—Section 126 of the Principal Act is amended by the substitution, in subsection (8), of the following for paragraph (b) (inserted by the Finance Act, 2000 ):

“(b) Notwithstanding subsection (3) and the Finance Act, 1992 (Commencement of Section 15) (Unemployment Benefit and Pay-Related Benefit) Order, 1994 ( S.I. No. 19 of 1994 ), subsection (3)(b) shall not apply in relation to unemployment benefit paid or payable, in the period commencing on 6 April 1997 and ending on 31 December 2001, to a person employed in short-time employment.”.