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Unemployment Hardship Relief Act
Act 3 of 1983
- Commenced on 1 January 1983
- [This is the version of this document at 30 June 2017.]
1. Short title
This Act may be cited as the Unemployment Hardship Relief Act.2. Interpretation
In this Act—"Awarding Officer" means a public officer entrusted by the Minister with responsibility for carrying out the duties specified in this Act;"child", in relation to a claimant—(a)means an unmarried person who is under the age of 20;(b)includes a stepchild or an adopted child,who is living with the claimant;"claimant" means a person specified in section 3 (1);"disabled person" has the same meaning as in the Training and Employment of Disabled Persons Act;"full-time remunerative employment" means remunerative employment which lasts or may reasonably be expected to last at least 8 hours a day;"hardship relief" means the hardship relief payable under this Act;"Minister" means the Minister to whom responsibility for the subject of social security is assigned;"Permanent Secretary" means the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry;"remunerative employment" means any employment undertaken by a person in the expectation of receiving remuneration, whether or not remuneration is actually received;"requirements", in relation to a claimant, means the requirements specified in section 3 (3) (a);"resources", in relation to a claimant, means resources specified in section 3 (3) (b);"stepchild", in relation to a claimant, means a child of his spouse or deceased spouse who is not his own child;"wife", in relation to a claimant, includes a woman who is living with the claimant as his wife.[S. 2 amended by Act 15 of 1986; Act 34 of 1990.]3. Hardship relief
4. Hardship relief not to be assigned
5. Offences
6. Recovery of hardship relief
Where a person has received, under this Act, hardship relief to which he is not entitled or which he was not qualified to receive or was disqualified from receiving, the amount of that relief may, notwithstanding the restriction imposed by section 5 of the Recovery of State Debts Act, be recovered by the Minister in the manner provided for the recovery of a small State debt under that Act.7. Summons
8. Power to summon witnesses
9. Jurisdiction
Notwithstanding any other enactment, any civil or criminal proceedings instituted under this Act shall be entered before the District Court of Port Louis.[S. 9 amended by s. 5 of Act 15 of 1986 w.e.f. 14 June 1986.]10. Regulations
The Minister may—11. ***
History of this document
30 June 2017 this version
Consolidation
01 January 1983
Commenced