LegalizeINSURANCE (INTERMITTENT UNEMPLOYMENT) ACT, 1942
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5 amending acts · 1981-02-24, SOCIAL WELFARE (CONSOLIDATION) ACT, 1981
55.—Stamp duties shall not be chargeable upon documents used in connection with business under this Act.
56 Power to remove difficulties.
56.—(1) If in any respect any difficulty arises in bringing into operation this Act or any provision thereof, the Minister, with the consent of the Minister for Finance, may by order do anything which appears to him necessary or expedient for bringing this Act or such provision into operation, and any such order may modify the provisions of this Act so far as may appear to the Minister necessary or expedient for carrying the order into effect.
- (2) No order may be made under this section after two years from the date on which the whole of this Act has come into operation.
FIRST SCHEDULE. Excluded Employments.
1.—Employment under any local or other public authority or public board excluded for the time being from the provisions of the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1920, by the operation of a special order made under paragraph (c) of Part I of the First Schedule to the said Act.
2.—Employment excepted for the time being from the provisions of the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1920, by the operation of a certificate of exception under paragraph (d) of Part II of the First Schedule to the said Act.
3.—Employment in the military service of the State
4.—Employment of unskilled workers and of young persons on works undertaken by or on behalf of the Irish Land Commission for the improvement of lands purchased or agreed to be purchased under the Land Purchase Acts.
SECOND SCHEDULE. Rates of Weekly Contributions Payable by Insured Persons and Employers.
| Rate of Weekly Contribution | Rate of Weekly Contribution | |
| Class of insured person to whom the rate applies | By the insured person | By the employer |
| (1) | (2) | (3) |
| Skilled worker | 8d. | 8d. |
| Unskilled worker | 5d. | 5d. |
| Young person | 2d. | 2d. |
THIRD SCHEDULE. Hourly Rates of Supplementary Benefit.
| Class of insured person to whom the rate applies | Hourly rate of supplementary benefit | Hourly rate of supplementary benefit |
| (1) | (2) | (2) |
| s. | d | |
| Skilled worker | 1 | 0 |
| Unskilled worker | 0 | 7½ |
| Young person | 0 | 3 |
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