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

Chapter 8 : General

57. Creation and maintenance of database

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(1)The Commissioner must create and maintain a database of contributors beneficiaries and employers.

 

(2)Payment of any benefit in terms of this Act must be based on the information contained in the database and provided –
(a)by the contributor or dependant;
(b)in terms of section 56 of this Act; and
(c)in terms of the Unemployment Insurance Contributions Act.

 

(3)
(a)In order to determine the payment of benefits in terms of this Act, the Commissioner may access any information on a database of the State that contains information regarding social security.
(b)For purposes of paragraph (a) the Commissioner must co-operate with other State institutions to link their respective databases.