S.I. No. 551/2020 - Social Welfare (No. 2) Act 2019 (Section 16) (Commencement) Order 2020


Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 1st December, 2020.

I, HEATHER HUMPHREYS, Minister for Social Protection, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 1 (3) of the Social Welfare (No. 2) Act 2019 (No. 48 of 2019), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Social Welfare (No. 2) Act 2019 (Section 16) (Commencement) Order 2020.

2. The 20th day of November 2020 is appointed as the day on which Section 16 of the Social Welfare (No. 2) Act 2019 (No. 48 of 2019) shall come into operation.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

26 November, 2020.

HEATHER HUMPHREYS,

Minister for Social Protection.

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 Section 16 of the Social Welfare (No. 2) Act 2019 .

Section 16 repeals section 282 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 which currently provides for reduced cost life event (birth, marriage or death) certificates.

This Order will be commenced in parallel with the commencement of sections 27(a), 27(c) and 30(a) of the Civil Registration (Amendment) Act 2014 . Those provisions will allow regulations to be made by the Minister for Employment Affairs and Social Protection for the purpose of setting the fees (if any) for the provision of life event certificates.