Unemployment Assistance (Amendment) Act, 1940
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Amendment of section 15 of the Principal Act. |
7.—(1) The Principal Act shall be construed and have effect as if the following paragraph were inserted in sub-section (1) of section 15 thereof in lieu of paragraph (e) now contained therein (being the paragraph inserted therein by sub-section (2) of section 8 of the Unemployment Assistance (Amendment) Act, 1935 (No. 38 of 1935)), that is to say:— | |
“(e) in the case of a person resident in an urban area applying for unemployment assistance, that either— | ||
(i) he has, at any time before making such application, been ordinarily resident in such urban area for a period of five years, or for a number of periods which amount in the aggregate to five years, or | ||
(ii) he has been ordinarily resident in such urban area for at least one year immediately preceding such application, or | ||
(iii) he has had at least three months employment in such urban area within the year immediately preceding such application.” | ||
(2) The references in sub-sections (3) and (4) of the said section 8 of the Unemployment Assistance (Amendment) Act, 1935 , to sub-section (2) of that section shall be construed and have effect as references to the next preceding sub-section of this section. |