Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1961

Short title, commencement, construction and collective citations.

21.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1961.

(2) This Act shall come into operation on the 1st day of August, 1961.

(3) This Act, in so far as it amends and extends the Old Age Pensions Acts, 1908 to 1960, shall be construed as one therewith and may be cited together therewith as the Old Age Pensions Acts, 1908 to 1961, and in so far as it amends and extends the Unemployment Assistance Acts, 1933 to 1960, shall be construed as one therewith and may be cited together therewith as the Unemployment Assistance Acts, 1933 to 1961, and in so far as it amends and extends the Acts, shall be construed as one therewith and may be cited together therewith as the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Acts, 1935 to 1961, and in so far as it amends and extends the Social Welfare Acts, 1952 to 1960, shall be construed as one therewith and may be cited together therewith as the Social Welfare Acts, 1952 to 1961.