Social Welfare Act, 1989

Regulations to enable persons to be appointed to receive and deal with benefit or assistance.

16.—Section 112 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for paragraph (b) of subsection (3) of the following paragraph—

“(b) where it appears to the Minister that the circumstances so warrant, for enabling a person to be appointed to receive and deal with on behalf of a claimant or beneficiary—

(i) in respect of disability benefit, unemployment benefit, old age (contributory) pension, retirement pension or invalidity pension so much of the benefit or pension as the Minister considers reasonable in the circumstances:

Provided that in no case shall the amount to be dealt with in this manner exceed the total amount payable less the amount payable by virtue of sections 21 (1), 32 (1), 81 (1), 86 (1) or 91 (1), as appropriate,

(ii) in respect of a widow’s (contributory) pension, so much of the pension as is payable by virtue of section 95 (1),

(iii) in respect of injury benefit or disablement pension so much of the benefit or pension as the Minister considers reasonable in the circumstances:

Provided that in no case shall the amount to be dealt with in this manner exceed the total amount payable less the amount payable by virtue of section 44 (1),”.