S.I. No. 42/1960:

UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE (EMPLOYMENT PERIOD) ORDER, 1960.

UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE (EMPLOYMENT PERIOD) ORDER, 1960.

I, SEÁN MacENTEE, Minister for Social Welfare, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by the joint operation of subsection (3) of section 4 and subsection (1) of section 7 of the Unemployment Assistance Act, 1933 (No. 46 of 1933), and the Social Welfare (Transfer of Departmental Administration and Ministerial Functions) (No. 1) Order, 1947 ( S. R. & O. No. 18 of 1947 ), hereby order as follows :

1. This Order may be cited as the Unemployment Assistance (Employment Period) Order, 1960.

2. The Interpretation Act, 1937 (No. 38 of 1937), applies to this Order.

3. The following regulations shall have effect for the purposes of subsection (3) of section 4 of the Unemployment Assistance Act, 1933 (No. 46 of 1933), that is to say :

I. The period commencing on the 9th day of March, 1960, and ending on the 1st day of November, 1960, shall be an employment period in respect of the following class of persons, namely, every person--

(a) whose place of residence is not situate within any county or other borough, urban district or town, and

(b) who is the occupier of land of which the rateable valuation or the aggregate rateable valuations exceeds or exceed £4.

II. For the purposes of these regulations--

(a) the word " land " means land entered as such in the valuation list, within the meaning of the Valuation Acts ;

(b) land let for depasturage for a period of less than one year shall be deemed to be occupied by the person who was the occupier thereof immediately before such letting.

GIVEN under my Official Seal, this first day of March, 1960.

SEAN Mac ENTEE,

Minister for Social Welfare.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

The effect of this Order is to exclude from unemployment assistance during the period from the 9th March, 1960, to the 1st November, 1960, persons who are resident outside county or other boroughs, urban districts or towns and who are occupiers of land, the valuation of which exceeds £4.