Unemployment Insurance Act 1930
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| Act of Parliament | |
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| Long title | An Act to amend the Unemployment Insurance Acts, 1920 to 1929. |
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| Citation | 20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. 16 |
| Territorial extent | United Kingdom |
| Dates | |
| Royal assent | 6 February 1930 |
| Commencement | 13 March 1930[b] |
| Expired | 30 June 1933[c] |
| Repealed | 18 March 1935 |
| Other legislation | |
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| Amended by | |
| Repealed by | Unemployment Insurance Act 1935 |
| Relates to | Unemployment Insurance Act 1920 |
Status: Repealed | |
| Text of statute as originally enacted | |
The Unemployment Insurance Act 1930 (20 & 21 Geo. 5. c. 16) was passed in the United Kingdom in response to the economic problems emerging due to the Wall Street crash and Great Depression. It substantially reformed the benefits system and abolished the rule that those claiming benefits must genuinely be seeking work.[1]
The changes made by the act to the Unemployment Insurance Acts 1920 to 1929 were temporary, section 20(7) and (8) providing that they only had effect from 13 March 1930 until 30 June 1933.[2] It was continued in force until 30 June 1934 by the Unemployment Insurance (Expiring Enactments) Act 1933.
The whole act was repealed by section 116(2) of, and part I of the seventh schedule to the Unemployment Insurance Act 1935 (25 & 26 Geo. 5. c. 8), which came into force on 18 March 1935.[3]
