Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1976

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Number 28 of 1976


SOCIAL WELFARE (NO. 2) ACT, 1976


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section

1.

Definitions.

2.

Amendment of section 44 of Act of 1952.

3.

Amendment of section 49 of Act of 1952.

4.

Amendment of section 52 of Act of 1952.

5.

Extension of period for bringing certain prosecutions.

6.

Offences and proceedings relating to bodies corporate.

7.

Winding up and bankruptcy.

8.

Amendment of section 51 of Act of 1942.

9.

Increased penalties for certain offences.

10.

Disqualification for certain pensions and allowances following certain convictions.

11.

Presumption regarding truth of information in applications for certain benefit, allowance, pension or assistance.

12.

Power to create offences by regulations under certain Acts.

13.

Amendments of Old Age Pensions Act, 1932.

14.

Short title, construction and collective citation.

Acts Referred to

Insurance (Intermittent Unemployment) Act, 1942

1942, No. 7.

Social Welfare Act, 1952

1952, No. 11.

Social Welfare (Pay-Related Benefit) Act, 1973

1973, No.2.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1961

1961, No.22.

Social Welfare Act, 1971

1971, No.16.

Preferential Payments in Bankruptcy (Ireland) Act, 1889

1889, c. 60.

Companies Act, 1963

1963, No. 33.

Unemployment Assistance (Amendment) Act, 1935

1935, No. 38.

Unemployment Assistance Act, 1933

1933, No. 46.

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1960

1960. No. 28.

Old Age Pensions Act, 1908

1908, c. 40.

Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1935

1935, No. 29.

Children's Allowances Act, 1944

1944. No. 2.

Old Age Pensions Act, 1932

1932. No. 18.

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Number 28 of 1976


SOCIAL WELFARE (NO. 2) ACT, 1976


AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE OLD AGE PENSIONS ACTS, 1908 TO 1976, THE PENSIONS BOOKS (PROHIBITION OF ALIENATION) ACT, 1932, THE UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE ACTS, 1933 TO 1976, THE WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' PENSIONS ACTS, 1935 TO 1976, THE INSURANCE (INTERMITTENT UNEMPLOYMENT) ACTS, 1942 AND 1963, THE SOCIAL WELFARE (CHILDREN'S ALLOWANCES) ACTS, 1944 TO 1975, AND THE SOCIAL WELFARE ACTS, 1952 TO 1976, AND TO PROVIDE FOR OTHER MATTERS CONNECTED THEREWITH. [12th July, 1976]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: