S.I. No. 33/1934 - The Unemployment Assistance (Qualification Certificate Regulations) Order, 1934.

STATUTORY RULES AND ORDERS. 1934. No. 33.

THE UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE (QUALIFICATION CERTIFICATE REGULATIONS) ORDER, 1934.

THE UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE (QUALIFICATION CERTIFICATE REGULATIONS) ORDER, 1934, MADE BY THE MINISTER FOR INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE ON THE 15th DAY OF FEBRUARY, 1934, PURSUANT TO SECTION 7 of THE UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE ACT, 1933 .

WHEREAS it is enacted by subsection (1) of section 7 of the Unemployment Assistance Act, 1933 , that the Minister for Industry and Commerce may by order make regulations prescribing any matter or thing which is referred to in the said Act as prescribed or to be prescribed or any matter or thing which is expressly authorized by the said Act to be prescribed by regulations made by the Minister under the said Act :

NOW, THEREFORE, the Minister for Industry and Commerce in exercise of the powers conferred on him by subsection (1) of section 7 of the Unemployment Assistance Act, 1933 , and of every and any other power him in this behalf enabling hereby orders as follows, that is to say :—

1. This Order may be cited for all purposes as the Unemployment Assistance (Qualification Certificate Regulations) Order, 1934.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1923 , applies to the interpretation of this Order and of the Regulations hereby made thereunder in like manner as it applies to the interpretation of an Act of the Oireachtas.

3. The following regulations shall have effect for the purposes of the Unemployment Assistance Act, 1933 , that is to say :—

(1) In these regulations—

the expression " the Minister " means the Minister for Industry and Commerce;

the expression " the Act " means the Unemployment Assistance Act, 1933 ;

other expressions have the same meaning as they have in the Act.

(2) Where, under these Regulations, the Minister is empowered to give directions on any matter the directions may be given either generally or as regards any special case or any special class or district.

(3) Where by any Regulations made at any time after these Regulations any article or part of any article or words are directed to be added to or omitted from these Regulations or to be substituted for any other article or part of any article or words in these Regulations, then copies of these Regulations printed under the authority of the Office of Stationery after such direction takes effect, may be printed with any article or part of any article or words so added or omitted or substituted as such direction requires, and with the articles or paragraphs thereof numbered in accordance with such direction, and these Regulations shall be construed as if they had, at the time at which such direction takes effect, been made with such addition, omission or substitution, and a reference in any Regulations made by order of the Minister to the Unemployment Assistance (Qualification Certificate Regulations) Order, 1934, shall unless the context otherwise requires be construed to refer to these Regulations as amended by any other Regulations for the time being in force.

(4) (a) The manner of application for a qualification certificate under subsection (1) of section 10 of the Act shall be as follows, that is to say, the applicant shall attend at a duly authorised Employment Exchange or Branch Employment Office or other places appointed by the Minister, and there make the application in accordance with the Form set out in the First Schedule to this Order :

PROVIDED that the Minister may, if he considers it necessary or expedient so to do by directions dispense with such attendance at any of the said places, and in such event the application shall be made at such place and with such modifications (if any) of the said Form) as the Minister may direct.

(b) The statements made in the Form set out in the First Schedule to this Order shall, in accordance with such Form, be verified by statutory declaration, save in cases where such Form has pursuant to paragraph (a) of this regulation been modified by the omission of such declaration.

(5) A person who has duly made an application for a qualification certificate shall show that he fulfils the conditions so far as they are applicable, stated in sub-section (3 of section 10 of the act, in the following manner, that is to say—

(a) by furnishing the information required by the Form mentioned in No. (4) of these regulations, and

(b) by furnishing such additional evidence of age as the Minister may require, and

(c) by furnishing such additional information or evidence in respect of the fulfilment of the said conditions as the Minister may require.

(6) The form of a qualification certificate shall be the Form set out in the Second Schedule to this Order. The signature of the Holder duly witnessed shall, as provided by the said Form, be affixed immediately on his receipt of the certificate.

By Order of the Minister for Industry and Commerce.

Dated this 15th day of February, 1934.

R. C. FERGUSON,

Assistant Secretary,

Department of Industry and Commerce.

FIRST SCHEDULE.

UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE ACT, 1933 .

APPLICATION FOR A QUALIFICATION CERTIFICATE.

1. Full Name of Applicant ............................................................ ........................................................... (in block letters)

2. Home Address ............................................................ ............................................................ ................ (The full postal address and the County Borough, Borough, Urban District or County must be stated)

3. Occupation ............................................................ ........................

5. Date of Birth............................................................ ............................................................ .....................................

6. Place where born............................................................ ............................................................ ...................... (exact address)

7. *Place where mother ordinarily resided at date of your birth............................................................ .

8. *Places where you have ordinarily resided during the past five years.............................................

*If place where born is within Saorstát Eireann replies are not required.

9. Give particulars of Employments during the past two years :—

*The following should not be included :—

(a) Money earned in respect of current personal employment under a contract of service.

(b) Money received by way of benefit under the National Health or Unemployment Insurance Acts or the Unemployment Assistance Act.

(c) Money received by way of Home Assistance.

(d) Income from money or property described elsewhere in this form.

I have clearly understood the above questions, and to the best of my knowledge and belief all the statements made by me in this application are correct.

I, hereby, apply for a Qualification Certificate under the Unemployment Assistance Act, 1933 .

STATUTORY DECLARATION BY APPLICANT.

I,           do solemnly and sincerely declare that to the best of my knowledge and belief all the statements which I have made in this application are true, and all the questions therein which I have answered are truly and fully answered in all respects, and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true and by virtue of the provisions of the Statutory Declarations Act, 1835.

(Signed)

Taken and received by me.

Dated this day of 193 .

(Signed)

Peace Commissioner or duly authorised officer.

CONTINUATION OF APPLICATION FOR A QUALIFICATION CERTIFICATE.

(To be completed by Women Applicants only.)

1. Name of Applicant............................................................ ............................................................ ..........................

I have clearly understood the above questions and to the best of my knowledge and belief all the statements made by me in this application are correct.

I, hereby, apply for a Qualification Certificate under the Unemployment Assistance Act, 1933 .

Signature (or mark) of applicant............................................................ .........................................

Date............................................................ ............................................................ ............................

Signed (or mark made) in my presence............................................................ .............................

Witness............................................................ ............................................................ .....................

Address............................................................ ............................................................ .....................

STATUTORY DECLARATION BY APPLICANT.

I,         do solemnly and sincerely declare that, to the best of my knowledge and belief all the statements which I have made in this application are true, and all the questions therein which I have answered are truly and fully answered in all respects, and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to be true, and by virtue of the provisions of the Statutory Declarations Act, 1835.

(Signed)

Taken and received by me.

Dated this       day of           193 .

(Signed)

Peace Commissioner or duly

authorised office

SECOND SCHEDULE.

UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE ACT, 1933 .

QUALIFICATION CERTIFICATE.

Number................................

It is hereby certified that............................................................ ...........................................................(.....................................) born at............................................................ ................................... and residing at............................................................ ........................ fulfils the conditions set out hereon.

The Holder's weekly rate of means corresponding to the annual rate calculated in accordance with the Unemployment Assistance Act, 1933 , is............................................................ ............................................................ .....

The conditions to be fulfilled by a person obtaining or holding a qualification certificate under the Unemployment Assistance Act, 1933 , are :—

(a) that he is a National of Saorstát Eireann ;

(b) that he has attained the age of eighteen years and has not attained the age of seventy years ;

(c) that his means, calculated in accordance with this Act, do not exceed, in case he is resident in a county borough or the borough of Dún Laoghaire, fifty-two pounds or, in case he is resident elsewhere in Saorstát Eireann, thirty-nine pounds per annum ;

(d) in the case of a married woman either :—

(i) that her husband is a dependant of her, or

(ii) that neither she nor her husband is a dependant of the other and she has one or more dependants ;

(e) in the case of a widow or spinster, that she has one or more dependants ;

(f) in the case of a widow or spinster, who has no dependant, that not less than fifty-two contributions have been paid in respect of her under the Unemployment Insurance Acts, 1920 to 1930, as amended by any subsequent enactment, during the period of four years immediately preceding the date of the application.