Social Welfare (Unemployment Assistance) Regulations, 1992.
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Unemployment Assistance) Regulations, 1992.
2 Interpretation.
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paragraphs: In these Regulations—
"the Principal Act" means the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981 ;
"activity" means participation by a person—
( a ) aged 21 years or over in a course of education approved by the Minister as being at second level or aged 23 years or over in a course of education approved by the Minister as being at third level, at a centre approved by the Minister in consultation with the Minister for Education leading to a certificate recognised by the Minister for Education, or
( b ) in a course of education, training or development approved by a company, known as an Area Partnership, in consultation with the Minister, or
( c ) aged 21 years of over in such other course of education as the Minister may from time to time approve;
"claimant" means a person who has made an application for unemployment assistance;
"continuous period of unemployment" shall be construed in accordance with subsection (3) of section 136 of the Principal Act;
"day of unemployment" means a day in respect of which a person—
( a ) proves to the satisfaction of the Minister that he is unemployed and available for employment, and
( b ) does not work for wages or other remuneration, whether paid in money or otherwise.
"local office" means an office of the Department of Social Welfare or other place appointed by the Minister as a local office for the purposes of the Principal Act;
"recipient" means a person entitled to unemployment assistance.
3 Commencement.
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paragraphs: These Regulations shall come into operation on the 29th day of July, 1992.
4 Revocations.
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paragraphs: (1) The Regulations specified in the Schedule to these Regulations are hereby revoked.
(2) Paragraph (a) of article 6 and paragraph (a) of article 8 of the Social Welfare (Payments to Appointed Persons) Regulations, 1990 ( S.I. No. 248 of 1990 ) are hereby revoked.
PART II ENTITLEMENT TO UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE
5 Prescribed manner for proving unemployment.
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paragraphs: A person shall prove unemployment for the purposes of section 136 (1) (c) of the Principal Act by attending at a local office and at such time as the Minister may direct for the purpose of making a written declaration, in such form as the Minister may determine or by making such declaration in such other manner as the Minister may determine, that
( a ) he has been continuously unemployed since the date of his application for unemployment assistance, or
( b ) he has been unemployed or expects to be unemployed during each day in respect of which unemployment assistance is claimed.
6 Calculation of means.
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paragraphs: (1) The yearly value of any property mentioned in section 146 (1) (a) of the Principal Act shall be ascertained as follows—
( a ) the yearly value of the first £400 of the capital value of the property shall be taken to be one-twentieth part of the capital value, and
( b ) the yearly value of so much of the capital value of the property as exceeds £400 shall be taken to be one-tenth part of the capital value.
(2) The yearly value of any advantage mentioned in section 146 (1) (c) of the Principal Act shall be ascertained by deducting expenses necessarily incurred from the gross income.
(3) The yearly value of any property mentioned in section 146 (1) (d) of the Principal Act shall be ascertained as follows—
( a ) where the property is of the same nature as the property mentioned in section 146 (1) (a) of the Principal Act, the yearly value shall be ascertained in the manner prescribed in sub-article (1) of this article, and
( b ) where the property is of the same nature as the property mentioned in section 146 (1) (c) of the Principal Act, the yearly value shall be ascertained in the manner prescribed in sub-article (2) of this article.
7 Disregarding of means.
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paragraphs: (1) Subject to sub-article (2) of this article, in the case of a person who—
( a ) has attained the age of 55 years but has not attained pensionable age, and
( b ) has been in receipt of unemployment assistance, unemployment benefit or unemployment assistance and unemployment benefit for not less than 390 days in any continuous period of unemployment in the immediately preceding period, and