S.I. No. 228/1956 - Insurance (Intermittent Unemployment) Act, 1942 (Amendment of Rates of Weekly Contributions) Regulations, 1956.


S.I. No. 228 of 1956.

INSURANCE (INTERMITTENT UNEMPLOYMENT) ACT, 1942 (AMENDMENT OF RATES OF WEEKLY CONTRIBUTIONS) REGULATIONS, 1956.

I, BRENDAN CORISH, Minister for Social Welfare, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by the joint operation of section 46 of the Insurance (Intermittent Unemployment) Act, 1942 (No. 7 of 1942), and the Social Welfare (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) (No. 1) Order, 1947 ( S. R. & O. No. 18 of 1947 ), and with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance, hereby make the following regulations :

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Insurance (Intermittent Unemployment) Act, 1942 (Amendment of Rates of Weekly Contributions) Regulations, 1956.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 3rd day of September, 1956.

2. The Second Schedule to the Insurance (Intermittent Unemployment) Act, 1942 (No. 7 of 1942), as amended by the Insurance (Intermittent Unemployment) Act, 1942 (Amendment of Rates of Weekly Contributions) Regulations, 1953 ( S.I. No. 134 of 1953 ), is hereby amended—

(a) by substituting a weekly rate of contribution of 1s. 2d. for each such rate of 8d., and

(b) by substituting a weekly rate of contribution of 11d. for each such rate of 6d., and

(c) by substituting a weekly rate of contribution of 3d. for each such rate of 2d.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this 15th day of August, 1956.

BRENDAN CORISH,

Minister for Social Welfare.

The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the foregoing regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 15th day of August, 1956.

GERARD SWEETMAN,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of the Regulations is to increase, equally, the weekly " Wet Time " contributions payable under the Insurance (Intermittent Unemployment) Act, 1942 , by insured persons and their employers. The increased combined weekly contributions are fixed by these Regulations at the following rates from 3rd September, 1956 :—

Skilled worker

2s.

4d.

Unskilled worker

1s.

10d.

Young person

6d.