In short
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.
What it regulates
- Rates of contribution payable by employed persons and their employers for unemployment insurance.
- The contribution made by the Oireachtas for unemployment insurance purposes.
- An amendment to section 12 of the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1920.
- The repeal of certain enactments from previous unemployment insurance acts.
Who it concerns
- Employed persons.
- Employers of employed persons.
Key points
- Contributions from employed persons and employers are set at specific rates detailed in the First Schedule (e.g., men 6d., women 5d. from employed person; men 7d., women 6d. from employer).
- The Oireachtas contributes at a rate equal to three-sevenths of the combined contributions from the employed person and their employer.
- Section 8 of the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1922, is repealed.
- The word "one-tenth" in the proviso to sub-section (3) of section 12 of the Principal Act is replaced with "one-fifth."
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Unemployment Insurance Act, 1930
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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Enactments Repealed.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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