Social Welfare Act, 1952

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Amendment of certain Acts.

68.—(1) As from the appointed day—

(a) the amendments specified in Part I of the Sixth Schedule shall be made in the Unemployment Assistance Act, 1933 (No. 46 of 1933),

(b) the amendment specified in Part II of the said Schedule shall be made in the Unemployment Assistance (Amendment) Act, 1935 (No. 38 of 1935),

(c) the amendments specified in Part III of the said Schedule shall be made in the Insurance (Intermittent Unemployment) Act, 1942 (No. 7 of 1942).

(2) In the case of any matter referred or reported, before the appointed day, to any umpire or court of referees in lieu of which provision is made by virtue of this section, any proceedings in relation to that matter shall not be affected by any amendment made by this section, except that, subject to the provisions of any regulations, any continuation of those proceedings, and any further proceedings in relation to that matter, shall be carried out as if the matter had been reported or referred in accordance with the relevant Act as amended by this section.

(3) The person who, immediately before the appointed day, stood appointed as the Umpire for the purposes of the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1920, shall be deemed to have been appointed on the appointed day under subsection (1), as amended by this section, of section 21 of the Unemployment Assistance Act, 1933 , to be the Umpire for the purposes of the latter Act.

(4) As from the appointed day, the following provisions shall have effect in relation to subsection (3) of section 5 of the Unemployment Assistance (Amendment) Act, 1938 (No. 2 of 1938):—

(a) if the appointed day is a first day of April, the said subsection shall not apply in relation to the financial year in which the appointed day falls or any subsequent financial year,

(b) if the appointed day is not a first day of April—

(i) the said subsection shall not apply in relation to the financial year next following that in which the appointed day falls or any subsequent financial year,

(ii) as respects the financial year in which the appointed day falls, the said subsection shall be construed as if, in lieu of requiring the transfer to the Minister in that year of three hundred thousand pounds, it required the transfer to the Minister in the portion of that year prior to the appointed day of a sum bearing to three hundred thousand pounds the same proportion as the said portion bears to a year.

(5) As from the appointed day, the following provisions shall have effect in relation to the Social Welfare Act, 1950 (No. 14 of 1950):—

(a) if the appointed day is a first day of April, neither section 15 nor section 16 of that Act shall apply in relation to the financial year in which the appointed day falls or any subsequent financial year,

(b) if the appointed day is not a first day of April—

(i) neither section 15 nor section 16 of that Act shall apply in relation to the financial year next following that in which the appointed day falls or any subsequent financial year,

(ii) section 15 of that Act shall, as respects the financial year in which the appointed day falls, be construed as if, in lieu of deeming the amount expended on administration in that year to be the aggregate of two hundred and fifteen thousand pounds and the sum paid out of the Medical Certification Fund in that year, it deemed the amount so expended in the portion of that year prior to the appointed day to be the aggregate of an amount bearing to two hundred and fifteen thousand pounds the same proportion as the said portion bears to a year and the sum paid out of the Medical Certification Fund in respect of the said portion,

(iii) section 16 of that Act shall, as respects the financial year in which the appointed day falls, be construed as if, in lieu of requiring the payment in that year of two hundred and fifteen thousand pounds, it required the payment in respect of the portion of that year prior to the appointed day of a sum bearing to two hundred and fifteen thousand pounds the same proportion as the said portion bears to a year,

(c) if the appointed day is a first day of January—

(i) section 17 of that Act shall not apply in relation to the financial year next following or any subsequent financial year,

(ii) section 26 of that Act shall not apply in relation to the calendar year in which the appointed day falls or any subsequent calendar year,

(d) if the appointed day is not a first day of January—

(i) section 17 of that Act shall, in relation to the financial year next following the commencement of the calendar year in which the appointed day falls, be construed as if it required the payment of a sum bearing to fifteen thousand pounds the same proportion as the portion of that calendar year prior to the appointed day bears to a year and shall, in relation to any subsequent financial year, not apply,

(ii) section 26 of that Act shall not apply in relation to the calendar year next following that in which the appointed day falls or any subsequent calendar year,

(iii) section 26 of that Act shall, as respects the calendar year in which the appointed day falls, be construed as if, in lieu of requiring the payment in respect of that year of forty-four thousand pounds, it required the payment in respect of the portion of that year prior to the appointed day of a sum bearing to forty-four thousand pounds the same proportion as the said portion bears to a year.

(e) “Fund” in section 21 of that Act shall be construed as referring to the Social Insurance Fund under this Act except, in the case of the first and third occurrence of the word in subsection (3), with respect to payments made under the said section before the appointed day,

(f) the second paragraph (beginning with the words “For the purposes of this subsection”) of subsection (3) of section 21 of that Act shall cease to have effect.

(6) In subsection (5) of this section, a reference to a calendar year shall be construed as a reference to a year ending on a 31st day of December.