S.I. No. 46/1971 - Decimal Currency (Daily Rates of Disability Benefit, Unemployment Benefit, Unemployment Assistance and Occupational Injuries Benefit and Weekly Rates of Intermittent Unemployment Insurance Contributions) Order, 1971. Skip to content Disclaimer Feedback Helpdesk Gaeilge Léim go dtí an t-ábhar Séanadh Aiseolas Deasc chabhrach English Gaeilge English Produced by the Office of the Attorney General Táirgthe ag Oifig an Ard-Aighne Home Legislation Acts of the Oireachtas Statutory Instruments Pre-1922 Legislation Constitution External Resources Bills (Houses of the Oireachtas) Iris Oifigiúil / Official Gazette Revised Acts (LRC) Classified List of Legislation (LRC) Translations (acts.
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- s)or rangeBliain nó blianta nó raon TypeCineál All Legislation Acts Statutory Instruments Advanced SearchCuardach Casta HomeBaile Statutory InstrumentsIonstraimí Reachtúla 1971 S.I. No. 46/1971 - Decimal Currency (Daily Rates of Disability Benefit, Unemployment Benefit, Unemployment Assistance and Occupational Injuries Benefit and Weekly Rates of Intermittent Unemployment Insurance Contributions) Order, 1971. S.I. No. 46/1971 - Decimal Currency (Daily Rates of Disability Benefit, Unemployment Benefit, Unemployment Assistance and Occupational Injuries Benefit and Weekly Rates of Intermittent Unemployment Insurance Contributions) Order, 1971. AmendmentsLeasuithe S.I. No. 46 of 1971. DECIMAL CURRENCY (DAILY RATES OF DISABILITY BENEFIT, UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT, UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE AND OCCUPATIONAL INJURIES BENEFIT AND WEEKLY RATES OF INTERMITTENT UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE CONTRIBUTIONS) ORDER, 1971. The Minister for Social Welfare, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by Section 10 of the Decimal Currency Act, 1970 , hereby makes the following Order:— 1.
(1)This Order may be cited as the Decimal Currency (Daily Rates of Disability Benefit, Unemployment Benefit, Unemployment Assistance and Occupational Injuries Benefit and Weekly Rates of Intermittent Unemployment Insurance Contributions) Order, 1971.
(2)This Order shall come into operation on the 15th day of February,
- The reference in subsection 5 of Section 15 of the Social Welfare Act, 1952 (No. 11 of 1952) to the amount payable by way of benefit for any day of incapacity for work or of unemployment shall be taken as referring to an amount of one-sixth, rounded up to the next new penny, of the appropriate weekly rate.
- The reference to a money payment in subsection
(2)of Section 17 of the Unemployment Assistance Act, 1933 (No. 46 of 1933) shall, in the case of unemployment assistance payable in respect of a day, be taken as referring to a payment at a rate equal to one-sixth, rounded up to the next new penny, of the appropriate rate applicable under that subsection as amended by subsection
(2)of Section 3 of the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1966 (No. 24 of 1966). 4. The reference in subsection
(4)of Section 8 of the Social Welfare (Occupational Injuries) Act, 1966 (No. 16 of 1966) to the amount payable by way of injury benefit for any day of incapacity shall be taken as referring to an amount of one-sixth, rounded up to the next new penny, of the appropriate weekly rate. 5. 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 and Supplementary Benefit) Regulations, 1963 ( S.I. No. 128 of 1963 ) is hereby amended (
- a)by substituting a weekly rate of contribution of 7 new pence for each such rate of 1s./5d., (
- b)by substituting a weekly rate of contribution of 6 new pence for each such rate of 1s./3d., (
- c)by substituting a weekly rate of contribution of 2 new pence for each such rate of 4d. GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare this 9th day of February, 1971 JOSEPH BRENNAN, Minister for Social Welfare. The Minister for Finance hereby sanctions the foregoing Order. GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance this 9th day of February, 1971. SEOIRSE Ó COLLA, Minister for Finance. EXPLANATORY NOTE. The effect of the Order is, from Decimal Day, to round upwards to the next new penny the daily rates of Disability Benefit, Unemployment Benefit, Unemployment Assistance and Occupational Injuries Benefit where the weekly rate, when divided by six, is not a whole number of new pence. The Order also provides for the conversion into decimal terms of the weekly contribution rates for " Wet-Time " insurance. From 15th February 1971, these will be as follows:— Employer Employee Total Skilled worker 7p 7p 14p Unskilled worker 6p 6p 12p Young Person 2p 2p 4p Privacy Statement Accessibility European Legislation Identifier (PDF) Open Data License Ráiteas Príobháideachais Inrochtaineacht Aitheantóir Eorpach Reachtaíochta (ELI) Ceadúnas Sonraí Oscailte Liosta Fianán © Government of Ireland. Oireachtas Copyright Material is reproduced with the permission of the Houses of the Oireachtas © Rialtas na hÉireann. Atáirgtear ábhar faoi Chóipcheart le cead ó Thithe an Oireachtais