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S.I. No. 128/1994 - Social Welfare (Unemployment Benefit) Regulations, 1994

Type Statutory Instrument

Publication 1994-05-04

Last updated 1994-12-13

State Repealed superseded text

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1 amending act · 1994-12-13, S.I. No. 417/1994 - Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) Regulations, 1994

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S.I. No. 128 of 1994.

SOCIAL WELFARE (UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFIT) REGULATIONS, 1994.

The Minister for Social Welfare, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 4 and 47 of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1993 (No. 27 of 1993), hereby makes the following Regulations:—

1 Short title.

1.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Unemployment Benefit) Regulations, 1994.

2 Disqualification for Unemployment Benefit.

2.

2. The amount prescribed for the purpose of subsection 4 (e) of section 47 of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1993 shall be £15,000.

3 Revocation.

3.

3. The Social Welfare (Unemployment Benefit) Regulations, 1992 ( S.I. No. 189 of 1992 ) are hereby revoked.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare, this 4th day of May, 1994.

MICHAEL WOODS,

Minister for Social Welfare.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

Section 47 of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1993 provides that a person under age 55 who receives money in respect of redundancy in excess of a prescribed amount may be disqualified for receiving unemployment benefit for a period of up to nine weeks. These regulations increase from £12,000 to £15,000 the amount prescribed for the purposes of this disqualification.

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