Unemployment Insurance Amendment Act 29 of 1988

The Unemployment Insurance Amendment Act 29 of 1988 intends:

• to amend the Unemployment Insurance Act, 1966 [repealed in 2002], so as
• to provide that the Minister of Manpower may delegate the power to assign an officer of his Department as secretary to the Unemployment Insurance Board, to an officer in the Department; 
• to compel an unemployed contributor to register as unemployed, before an application for unemployment benefits can be submitted by him;
• to extend the period within which an unemployed contributor who has applied for benefits and thereafter moves to the area of jurisdiction of another claims officer, should henceforth submit a further application to the latter claims officer;
• to delete the requirement that a contributor will in certain cases not be entitled to unemployment benefits within six weeks after he became unemployed;
• to provide that application for illness benefits forms may also be completed and signed by chiropractors and homeopaths; and
• to alter the qualifying period applicable to maternity benefits in order to bring about uniformity with the other types of benefits; and
• to provide for matters connected therewith.

Commencement

1 June 1988