S.I. No. 210/2003 - Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2003 (Sections 13 and 15) (Commencement) Order, 2003

The Minister for Social and Family Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by section 1 (4) of the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2003 (No. 4 of 2003), hereby orders as follows:

Citation.

1. This Order may be cited as the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2003 (Sections 13 and 15) (Commencement) Order 2003.

Commencement.

2. - (1) Sections 13 and 15 of the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2003 (No. 4 of 2003), come into operation on 27 May, 2003.

	GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, this 27th day of May, 2003.
	MARY COUGHLAN
	Minister for Social and Family Affairs.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

This Order provides for the commencement of Sections 13 and 15 of the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2003 .

Section 13 provides that, with effect from the commencement date, rent supplement, under the Supplementary Welfare Allowance scheme, shall be payable only where a person is lawfully in the State. It also provides that rent supplement shall not be payable where a person has made an application for asylum and such application is awaiting final decision by the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform.

Section 15 of the Act provides that the authority of the Health Boards to pay rent supplement in cases of urgency is not affected by the provisions of Section 13.

This Order comes into effect from 27 May, 2003.