No. 163/1945:

INSURANCE (INTERMITTENT UNEMPLOYMENT) ACT, 1942 (AMENDMENT OF RATES OF WEEKLY CONTRIBUTIONS) REGULATIONS, 1945.

INSURANCE (INTERMITTENT UNEMPLOYMENT) ACT, 1942 (AMENDMENT OF RATES OF WEEKLY CONTRIBUTIONS) REGULATIONS, 1945.

MADE BY THE MINISTER FOR INDUSTRY AND COMMERCE ON THE 12th DAY OF JUNE, 1945.

The Minister for Industry and Commerce, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by subsection (1) of section 46 of the Insurance (Intermittent Unemployment) Act, 1942 (No. 7. of 1942), and of every and any other power him in this behalf enabling, and with the concurrence of the Minister for Finance, hereby makes the following regulations:

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Insurance (Intermittent Unemployment) Act, 1942 (Amendment of Rates of Weekly Contributions) Regulations, 1945.

(2) These Regulations shall come into operation on the 8th day of October, 1945.

2. The Second Schedule to the Insurance (Intermittent Unemployment) Act, 1942 (No. 7 of 1942), is hereby amended—

(a) by substituting a weekly rate of contribution of 4d. for each such rate of 8d., and

(b) by substituting a weekly rate of contribution of 3d. for each such rate of 5d., and

(c) by substituting a weekly rate of contribution of 1d. for each such rate of 2d.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Industry and Commerce, this 12th day of June, 1945.

(Signed) R. C. FERGUSON,

Secretary,

Department of Industry and Commerce.

The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the foregoing regulations.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Finance, this 2nd day of July, 1945.

(Signed) J. J. McELLIGOTT,

Secretary,

Department of Finance.