S.I. No. 182/2005 - Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2005 (Sections 16, 24, 25 and 26) (Commencement) Order 2005
SOCIAL WELFARE AND PENSIONS ACT 2005 (SECTIONS 16, 24, 25 and 26) (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER 2005 | |||||||||||
SOCIAL WELFARE AND PENSIONS ACT 2005 (SECTIONS 16, 24, 25 and 26) (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER 2005 | |||||||||||
The Minister for Social and Family Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 1(4) of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2005 (No. 4 of 2005), hereby orders as follows: | |||||||||||
Citation. | 1. This Order may be cited as the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2005 (Sections 16, 24, 25 and 26) (Commencement) Order 2005. | ||||||||||
Commencement. | 2. (a) The 1st day of June 2005 is appointed as the day on which section 16 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2005 ( No. 4 of 2005 ), comes into operation, | ||||||||||
(b) The 7th day of April 2005 is appointed as the day on which sections 24 and 25 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2005 (No. 4 of 2005), in so far as they relate to carer's allowance, come into operation, | |||||||||||
(c) The 1st day of June 2005 is appointed as the day on which sections 24 and 25 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2005 (No. 4 of 2005), in so far as they relate to unemployment assistance, disability allowance pre-retirement allowance and farm assist, come into operation, | |||||||||||
(d) The 2nd day of June 2005 is appointed as the day on which sections 24 and 25 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2005 (No. 4 of 2005), in so far as they relate to old age (non-contributory) pension, blind pension, widow's or widower's (non-contributory) pension, one-parent family payment, orphan's (non-contributory) pension and a relevant payment by virtue of section 18(1) (b) or (c) of the Social Welfare Act 1996 (No. 7 of 1996), come into operation, | |||||||||||
(e) The 6th day of June 2005 is appointed as the day on which sections 24 and 25 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2005 (No. 4 of 2005), in so far as they relate to supplementary welfare allowance, come into operation, and | |||||||||||
(f) The 11th day of April 2005 is appointed as the day on which section 26 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2005 ( No. 4 of 2005 ) comes into operation. | |||||||||||
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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 16, 24, 25 and 26 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act, 2005. | |||||||||||
Sections 16 provides for the automatic award of Bereavement Grant and the application of the six weeks’ after death payment arrangements without the necessity for referral to a Deciding Officer. | |||||||||||
Section 24 provides for the substitution of the Third Schedule to the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act 1993 , which contains the rules governing the calculation of means, with a re-organised, accessible version of the text. Section 25 provides for further amendments which are required on foot of the revised Third Schedule. | |||||||||||
Section 26 provides for a number of technical and textual amendments to the text of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act 1993 which are required in advance of the proposed consolidation of Social Welfare primary legislation. |