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UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE ACT, 1946

PART I.

Preliminary and General.

Short title and collective citation.

1. —(1) This Act may be cited as the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1946.

(2) The Irish Acts and this Act may be cited together as the Unemployment Insurance Acts, 1920 to 1946.

Definitions.

2. —In this Act—

the expression “the Act of 1920” means the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1920;

the expression “the Act of 1926” means the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1926 (No. 21 of 1926);

the expression “the Act of 1945” means the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1945 (No. 23 of 1945);

the expression “the arrangements” means the arrangements referred to in section 3 of this Act;

the expression “the British Acts” means the Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom known as the Unemployment Insurance Acts, 1935 to 1944;

the expression “the British Unemployment Fund” means the Unemployment Fund established under the British Acts;

the expression “the Irish Acts” means the Unemployment Insurance Acts, 1920 to 1945;

the expression “the Minister” means the Minister for Industry and Commerce;

the word “prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Minister under this Act;

the expression “the Scheme” means The Insurance Industry Unemployment Insurance Scheme established under the Irish Acts;

the expression “special benefit” means the benefit payable under section 4 of this Act;

the expression “the statutory conditions” means the conditions set out in section 5 of this Act.

Commencement of Part II of this Act.

3. —(1) Part II of this Act shall not come into operation save as is provided by subsection (2) of this section.

(2) If, but only if, arrangements have been entered into between the Government and the Government of the United Kingdom whereby the Government of the United Kingdom undertake to meet the cost of paying to persons in the State benefit in respect of periods during which those persons fulfil the statutory conditions, the Minister may by order declare that Part II of this Act shall come into operation on such date as he specifies in the order, and thereupon the said Part II shall come into force on the date so specified.