Following investigation, the unemployment assistance claim of the person concerned was disallowed by a deciding officer from 28 September 1989 on the grounds that he had failed to show that his means did not exceed the statutory limit for receipt of a qualification certificate. In particular he failed to satisfy the deciding officer that a van, registered in his name, is being used for private and social purposes only. He appealed against the disallowance and his case was considered by the social welfare appeals office. An appeals officer decided that he failed to show that his means did not exceed the statutory limit.
During the course of the investigation, the person concerned admitted to the social welfare officer that his wife had been insurably employed for a number of years and that he had deliberately failed to disclose this information to the Department. His entitlement to a qualification certificate and to unemployment assistance during the years his wife was employed will now be reviewed by a deciding officer.