Social Welfare (Amendment) Act, 1960

Short title, construction, collective citation and commencement.

24.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Social Welfare (Amendment) Act, 1960.

(2) This Act, in so far as it amends and extends the Acts, shall be construed as one therewith and may be cited together therewith as the Social Welfare Acts, 1952 to 1960, and, in so far as it amends and extends the Old Age Pensions Acts, 1908 to 1959, shall be construed as one therewith and may be cited together therewith as the Old Age Pensions Acts, 1908 to 1960.

(3) This Act shall come into operation on such day or days as, by order or orders made by the Minister under this section, may be fixed therefor either generally or with reference to any particular provision and different days may be so fixed for different provisions or for the same provision in relation to different cases or classes of case.