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Unemployment assistance (seasonal workers).
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11.—(1) Rule 1 of Part I of the Third Schedule to the Principal Act is hereby amended by—
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(a) the insertion in paragraph (2) after subparagraph (p) (inserted by section 18 of the Act of 1994) of the following subparagraph:
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“(q) subject to paragraph (6), any moneys derived from insurable employment of a seasonal nature;”
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and
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(b) the insertion after paragraph (5) of the following paragraph:
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“(6) In the case of a person who makes a claim for unemployment assistance in respect of a day of unemployment which occurs during a period in which he is engaged in insurable employment of a seasonal nature, the value, ascertained in the prescribed manner, of any moneys derived from the said employment and the value so calculated shall be deemed to constitute the weekly means of that person from such employment for the purposes of Chapter 2 of Part III;”.
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(2) Paragraph (a) of section 4 (4) of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for “Rule 1 (2) (m) of Part I” of “Rules 1 (2) (m) and 1 (6) of Part I”.
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(3) Section 119 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution in the definition of “weekly means” of “shall, subject to Rule 1 (6) of Part I of the Third Schedule, be the yearly means” for “shall be the yearly means”.
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