Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1968

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Number 31 of 1968

SOCIAL WELFARE (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT, 1968

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section
1.	Interpretation.
2.	Increase of rates of old age pensions.
3.	Increase of rates of unemployment assistance.
4.	Increase of certain rates of unemployment benefit.
5.	Increase of rates of widows' (non-contributory) pensions.
6.	Increase of rates of orphans' (non-contributory) pensions.
7.	Amendment of section 6 of Act of 1952.
8.	Amendment of section 12 of Act of 1952.
9.	Amendment of section 26 of Act of 1952 (increase of benefit for adult dependants).
10.	Amendment of section 77 of Act of 1952 (increased rates of certain old age pensions).
11.	Amendment of Second Schedule to Act of 1952.
12.	Amendment of Third Schedule to Act of 1952.
13.	Exclusion from calculation of means for old age pensions, widows' pensions and unemployment assistance of certain allowances or pensions under Army Pensions Acts, Military Service (Pensions) Acts or Connaught Rangers (Pensions) Acts.
14.	New increased weekly rates under Social Welfare (Occupational Injuries) Act, 1966.
15.	Restriction of section 13 of Act of 1966 and of certain regulations under section 32 of Act of 1952.
16.	Provisions regarding contributions under Redundancy Payments Act, 1967.
17.	Short title, construction and collective citation.

Acts Referred to
Unemployment Assistance Act, 1933	1933, No. 46
Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1935	1935, No. 29
Social Welfare Act, 1952	1952, No. 11
Social Welfare (Amendment) Act, 1960	1960, No. 25
Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1964	1964, No. 28
Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1966	1966, No. 24
Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1967	1967, No. 18
Old Age Pensions Act, 1924	1924, No. 19
Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1962	1962, No. 17
Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1965	1965, No. 20
Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1963	1963, No. 26
Social Welfare (Modifications of Insurance) Regulations, 1956	1956, S.I. No. 236
Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1961	1961, No. 22
Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1960	1960, No. 28
Social Welfare (Occupational Injuries) Act, 1966	1966, No. 16
Redundancy Payments Act, 1967	1967, No. 21

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Number 31 of 1968

SOCIAL WELFARE (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT, 1968

AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE OLD AGE PENSIONS ACTS, 1908 TO 1967, THE UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE ACTS, 1933 TO 1967, THE WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' PENSIONS ACTS, 1935 TO 1967, AND THE SOCIAL WELFARE ACTS, 1952 TO 1967. [23rd July, 1968.]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:—

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