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Minister for Social Protection may prescribe scheme for purposes of Act
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24. (1) The Minister for Social Protection, with the consent of the Minister, may by regulation prescribe any of the following to be a scheme for the purposes of this Act:
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(a) a benefit described in section 39(1) of the Act of 2005;
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(b) an assistance described in section 139(1) of the Act of 2005.
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(2) In prescribing a scheme under subsection (1), the Minister for Social Protection shall have regard to—
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(a) the nature of the scheme,
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(b) the frequency of payment under the scheme, and
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(c) the likely duration of the period in which a payment under the scheme would be payable to a person.
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