Unemployment Insurance Act, 2001 (Act No. 63 of 2001)

Chapter 3 : Claiming Benefits

Purchase

(1)	Benefits may not be –

(a)

assigned;

(b)	attached by the order of any court, except by any court order relating to maintenance of the dependants, including a former spouse, of that contributor; or

(c)	set off against any debt;

(2)	For purposes of subsection (1), "debt" does not include a debt arising from benefits paid in error under the provisions of this Act.

(3)	When processing application for benefits neither the Fund nor any agency or person purporting to act on behalf of the applicant may charge a fee against the applicant.

[Section 33(3) inserted by section 12 of Notice No. 35, GG 40557, dated 19 January 2017 (Unemployment Insurance Amendment Act, 2016)]