Social Welfare Act, 1989

PART IV

Miscellaneous Amendments

Option of claiming benefit or assistance in certain circumstances.

14.—(1) Section 142 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion after subsection (1) of the following subsection:

“(1A) Notwithstanding subsection (1), regulations may provide, subject to such conditions as may be prescribed, that a person who is in receipt of or entitled to unemployment benefit under Part II shall not be disqualified for receiving unemployment assistance:

Provided that any such regulations shall not cause a person to receive both unemployment benefit and unemployment assistance or to receive both unemployment assistance and pay-related benefit in respect of the same day or days.”.

(2) Section 34 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion after subsection (9) of the following subsection:

“(10) For the purposes of this section, any day in respect of which a person receives unemployment assistance while he is entitled to unemployment benefit shall be treated as though it were a day in respect of which unemployment benefit was paid.”.