S.I. No. 267/2007 - Social Welfare (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare Allowance) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2007
The Minister for Social and Family Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 4 and 198 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (No. 26 of 2005), hereby makes the following Regulations: | ||||||||||||||
Citation and Construction. | 1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare Allowance) (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2007. | |||||||||||||
(2) These Regulations and the Social Welfare (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare Allowance) Regulations 1995 ( S.I. No. 382 of 1995 ) shall be construed together as one and may be cited as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare Allowance) Regulations 1995 to 2007. | ||||||||||||||
Commencement. | 2. These Regulations come into operation on 6 June 2007. | |||||||||||||
Definition. | 3. In these Regulations “the Principal Regulations” means the Social Welfare (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare Allowance) Regulations 1995 ( S.I. No. 382 of 1995 ). | |||||||||||||
Miscellaneous amendments to Principal Regulations. | 4. The Principal Regulations are amended - | |||||||||||||
(a) in article 9 by - | ||||||||||||||
(i) deleting sub-article (2B) (as inserted by article 4 of the Social Welfare (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare Allowance) (Amendment) (No. 3) (Rent Supplement Means Disregard) Regulations 2006 ( S.I. No. 697 of 2006 ), | ||||||||||||||
(ii) deleting sub-article (3) (as amended by article 3 of the Social Welfare (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare Allowance) (Amendment) (No. 1) (Training Course Disregard, Benefit and Privilege) Regulations 2006 ( S.I. No. 203 of 2006 )), and | ||||||||||||||
(iii) deleting sub-article (5) (as inserted by article 3 of the Social Welfare (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare Allowance) (Amendment) (No. 2) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2006 ( S.I. No. 572 of 2006 )), | ||||||||||||||
(b) in article 12 by deleting sub-article (2A) (as inserted by article 3 of the Social Welfare (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare Allowance) (Amendment)(No. 3) Regulations 2003 ( S.I. No. 727 of 2003 )), | ||||||||||||||
(c) in article 32 by deleting “, other than the last mentioned provision in the said Schedule,”, | ||||||||||||||
(d) in article 33B (inserted by article 5 of the Social Welfare (Consolidated Supplementary Welfare Allowance) (Amendment) (No. 2) (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2006 by deleting paragraphs (a) and (b), | ||||||||||||||
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(e) by substituting the following for Schedule B: | ||||||||||||||
“SCHEDULE B | ||||||||||||||
Article 32 | ||||||||||||||
Application of Principal Act | ||||||||||||||
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The Minister for Finance hereby consents to the making of the foregoing regulations. | ||||||||||||||
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Explanatory Note | ||||||||||||||
[This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.] | ||||||||||||||
These regulations provide for the removal of the Family Income Supplement disregard in the assessment of means for rent supplement purposes. The removal of this disregard is in the context of improvements in the assessment of additional income for rent supplement purposes as provided for in the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2007 . | ||||||||||||||
These regulations also provide for a number of miscellaneous amendments to the regulations governing Supplementary Welfare Allowance, in advance of the promulgation of new consolidated regulations for the Scheme. |