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Unemployment Insurance Act, 1930

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This law, the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1930, amends previous unemployment insurance acts regarding the amounts of contributions paid by employed persons and their employers, and also modifies a specific section of the 1920 Act concerning an appropriation-in-aid.

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Unemployment Insurance Act, 1930 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.ie) Translations (Houses of the Oireachtas) Government Publications for Sale EU Law (EUR-Lex) FAQ Disclaimer Feedback Helpdesk Search Baile Reachtaíocht Achtanna an Oireachtais Ionstraimí Reachtúla Reachtaíocht Réamh-1922 Bunreacht Acmhainní Seachtracha Billí (Tithe an Oireachtais) Iris Oifigiúil Achtanna Athbhreithnithe (CAD) (An Coimisiún um Athchóiriú an Dlí) Liosta Rangaithe Reachtaíochta Aistriúcháin (achtanna.ie) Aistriúcháin (Tithe an Oireachtais) Foilseacháin Rialtais ar Díol Dlí AE (EUR-Lex) CCanna (Ceisteanna Coitianta) Séanadh Aiseolas Deasc chabhrach Cuardach TitleTeideal Year(s) or rangeBliain nó blianta nó raon TypeCineál All Legislation Acts Statutory Instruments Advanced SearchCuardach Casta HomeBaile ActsAchtanna 1930 Unemployment Insurance Act, 1930 Unemployment Insurance Act, 1930 Permanent Page URL View by SectionAmharc de réir Ailt View Full ActAmharc ar an Acht Iomlán Bill History Stair Bille Commencement, Amendments, SIs made under the Act Tosach Feidhme, Leasuithe, IRí arna ndéanamh faoin Acht Print Full ActPriontáil an tAcht Iomlán Number 33 of 1930. UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT, 1930. ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS Section 1. The Principal Act. 2. Rates of contribution. 3. Amendment of section 12 of the Principal Act. 4. Repeals. 5. Short title, construction, citation and commencement. FIRST SCHEDULE. Rates of Contribution by Employed Persons and Employers. SECOND SCHEDULE. Enactments Repealed. Number 33 of 1930. UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT, 1930. AN ACT TO AMEND THE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACTS, 1920 TO 1926, WITH RESPECT TO THE AMOUNT OF THE CONTRIBUTIONS PAYABLE UNDER THE SAID ACTS AND TO AMEND SECTION 12 OF THE UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT, 1920, WITH RESPECT TO THE APPROPRIATION-IN-AID MENTIONED IN THE SAID SECTION 12. [23rd December, 1930.] BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS OF SAORSTÁT EIREANN AS FOLLOWS:— The Principal Act. 1.—In this Act the expression “the Principal Act” means the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1920. Rates of contribution. 2.—(1) The contributions payable under the Unemployment Insurance Acts, 1920 to 1926, in respect of employed persons by those persons and their employers shall be at the rates set out in the First Schedule to this Act and the contribution to be made for the purposes of section 5 of the Principal Act out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas shall be at a rate equal to three-sevenths of the aggregate amount of the contributions paid in respect of the employed person by himself and his employer or, in the case of an exempt person, paid by his employer, and sub-sections (3) and (7) of the said section 5 shall have effect accordingly. (2) Nothing in this section shall affect the provisions of sections 15 and 16 of the Principal Act. Amendment of section 12 of the Principal Act. 3.—Section 8 of the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1922, is hereby repealed and in lieu thereof it is hereby enacted that the proviso to sub-section (3) of section 12 of the Principal Act shall be construed and have effect as if for the word “one-tenth” now contained therein there were inserted the word “one-fifth.” Repeals. 4.—The enactments specified in the Second Schedule to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent mentioned in the third column of the said Schedule. Short title, construction, citation and commencement. 5.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1930, and shall be construed as one with the Unemployment Insurance Acts, 1920 to 1926, and those Acts and this Act may be cited together as the Unemployment Insurance Acts, 1920 to 1930. (2) This Act shall come into operation on such day as shall be fixed for that purpose by an order of the Minister for Industry and Commerce. FIRST SCHEDULE. Rates Of Contribution By Employed Persons And Employers. Ordinary Rates. From the employed person for each week:— In the case of men 6d. In the case of women 5d. From the employer for each week:— In the case of an employed person being a man 7d. In the case of an employed person being a woman 6d. Rates in the Case of Persons under Eighteen:— From the employed person for each week:— In the case of boys 3d. In the case of girls 2 ½d. From the employer for each week:— In the case of an employed person being a boy 3 ½d. In the case of an employed person being a girl 3d. SECOND SCHEDULE. Enactments Repealed. Session and Chapter Short Title Extent of Repeal 11 & 12 Geo. V., c. 1. The Unemployment Insurance Act, 1921. Section 2 (so far as unrepealed). 11 & 12 Geo. V., c. 15. The Unemployment Insurance (No. 2) Act, 1921. Section 2. 12 & 13 Geo. V., c. 7. The Unemployment Insurance Act, 1922. Sub-section (4) of section 1 and section 2. 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