S.I. No. 202/1993 - Social Welfare Act, 1993 (Section 8 (2)) (Commencement) Order, 1993.
S.I. No. 202 of 1993. | ||
SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1993 (SECTION 8 (2)) (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1993. | ||
The Minister for Social Welfare, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 8 (2) of the Social Welfare Act, 1993 (No. 5 of 1993), hereby orders as follows— | ||
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1 Citation. | 1. This order may be cited as the Social Welfare Act, 1993 (Section 8 (2)) (Commencement) Order, 1993. | |
2 Commencement. | 2. Section 8 (2) of the Social Welfare Act, 1993 shall come into operation on the 26th day of July, 1993. | |
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare this 25th day of June, 1992. | ||
MICHAEL WOODS, | ||
Minister for Social Welfare. | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE. | ||
This Order brings Section 8 (2) of the Social Welfare Act, 1993 into effect from 26th July, 1993. | ||
Section 8 (2) empowers the Minister to make Regulations for the purpose of prescribing the method of calculating a woman's reckonable earnings in order to determine the weekly rate of Maternity allowance payable. The section also makes provision to facilitate an increase in the maximum weekly rate. |