UNEMPLOYMENT LEVIES

Taranaki Daily News, 18 October 1930, Page 5

UNEMPLOYMENT LEVIES

COLLECTION OF THE FEES. " FIRST INSTALMENT IN DECEMBER . . ■ -—■■ ■ ■' - ■' : -V' ' • . — The operation of the hew Unemploy- ■< •?;?. ment Act as far as the public is con- gli!, - cerned begins on Monday. The acceptance of applications for registration,, the issue of certificates of registration* " :■; and the collection of fees is being undertaken by the Post and Telegraph Department, Certain exemptions are granted from payment of the levy but not from re- 'J/t*.' gistration. These include persons for ‘ the time being in receipt of a war mea-,’ / sion under the War Pensions Act of j J 1915, in respect of total disablement! ? persons receiving a pension under the > . Pensions Act, 1926; every Native • ■within the meaning of the Native Land Act, 1909, provided any may, with.the 'Gjj consent of the board, elect to become , contributors,' when they will be subject to the obligations and benefits. . ’ i 1 "'.’ Under the provisions of the Act every •; 1 > male person who is 20 years of age or over must register, even if exempt from , I the payment of the levy. Registration .. must be effected within one month of the coming into force of the Act, which .>, was on October 11, so that the. last day is November 11 —24 days from to day. Any resident absent from the Do* minion or any person arriving with the intention of.residing is required to register within a month of arrival. Any ■ male reaching the age of 20 after the ’',Y? passing of the Act (that is, after October'll last) must register within • ; month of turning 20. ’K - ’ & The levy is 30s per annum, payable - quarterly on the first day of March, if j-M June, September and December. The . first instalment is due, therefore, on December 1.

All post offices have been constituted r registration bureaux, the hours being ? the ordinary hours in which the post office is open for departmental business., Thus the hours in New Plymouth are from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Registration > forms have just been received by the ; : New Plymouth Post Office, and the work „ of drafting an effective system to handie applications has been commenced. As the centre office, New Plymouth con- - trols a district extending from Awak’ao in the north to Hawera in the/■Ajgv©?

south, and from Opunake in the west to Tangarakau in the east. ' Registration ; forms have been sent to all post offices ■ in this district. Considerable work is involved! in-I. handling tlie applications, issuing certi- ■ ficates and collecting levies. To help the authorities, forms will be issued to , employers with a request to pass them.';-,;.\ on to employees. This will save th» r.i time of those who find it difficult to visit a post office. Already during the ■, past week many inquiries have -been made at the New Plymouth Post P*"/' for application forms. , . :