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Employment Guarantee Fund (Amendment) Act, 1981

1981 25

No. 25/1981:

EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE FUND (AMENDMENT) ACT, 1981


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

1 Definition.

2 Amendment of section 4 (1) of Act of 1980.

3 Amendment of section 7 of Act of 1980.

4 Short title.


AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE EMPLOYMENT GUARANTEE FUND ACT, 1980 .

[25th July, 1981]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:

Definition.

1.—In this Act "the Act of 1980" means the Employment Guarantee Fund Act, 1980 .

Amendment of section 4 (1) of Act of 1980.

2.—Section 4 (1) of the Act of 1980 is hereby amended by the substitution of "£20,000,000" for "£10,000,000" and that section, as so amended, is set out in the Table to this section.

TABLE

4.—(1) The Fund shall consist of—

( a ) the proceeds of the employer's employment surcharge, and

( b ) an amount not exceeding £20,000,000 (including moneys already paid into the Employment Guarantee Fund grant-in-aid account) out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.

Amendment of section 7 of Act of 1980.

3.—Section 7 of the Act of 1980 is hereby amended by the substitution of "£30,000,000" for "£20,000,000" in each place where that occurs and that section, as so amended, is set out in the Table to this section.

TABLE

7.—(1) Aggregate payments out of the Fund for the purpose specified in section 3 of this Act shall not exceed £30,000,000.

(2) The Fund shall be wound up when the aggregate expenditure from the Fund (inclusive of payments out of the Employment Guarantee Fund grant-in-aid account) reaches £30,000,000, and any balance remaining in or to the credit of the Fund shall be paid into or disposed of for the benefit of the Exchequer in such manner as the Minister may direct.

Short title.

4.—This Act may be cited as the Employment Guarantee Fund (Amendment) Act, 1981 .


ACT REFERRED TO

Employment Guarantee Fund Act, 1980 1980, No. 4



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