Social Welfare Act, 2001
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Further amendments consequential on introduction of euro. |
37.—(1) The Principal Act is amended by— | |
(a) the substitution in sections 136(2), 144(2) (inserted by section 19 of the Act of 1997), 149(2) (inserted by section 20 of the Act of 1995), 159(2) (inserted by section 17 of the Act of 1996) and 165(2) (inserted by section 16 of the Act of 1994) for “£6” in each place where that amount occurs of “€7.60”, and | ||
(b) the substitution in sections 136(2), 144(2), 149(2), 159(2), 165(2), 191C(2) (inserted by section 13 of the Act of 1996) and 242 for “£2” in each place where that amount occurs of “€2.50”. | ||
(2) Subject to subsection (5) of this section, the amendments effected by subsection (1) of this section shall not, in respect of any person, have the effect of reducing the appropriate scheduled rate (within the meaning of the Principal Act) of payment, by an amount greater than that by which it was reduced in respect of the means of the person concerned immediately before the commencement of this section. | ||
(3) The Principal Act is amended by— | ||
(a) the substitution in sections 119(1) (as amended by section 17 of the Act of 2000), 121(2)(a), 121(2)(b), 121(2)(c), 127(3) and 128(2) (both amended by section 23 of this Act), 177(1)(a)(ii), 191L(1)(c) and 191N(2)(a), 191N(2)(b) and 191N(2)(c) (inserted by section 15 of the Act of 1999) for “£1” in each place where that amount occurs of “€1”, and | ||
(b) the substitution in sections 119(1), 127(3), 177(1)(b) and 191L(1)(c) for “50p” in each place where that amount occurs of “50 cents.”. | ||
(4) Notwithstanding the amendments effected by subsection (3) of this section and subject to subsection (5) of this section, in the case of a person who is, on the commencement of this section, entitled to or in receipt of unemployment assistance, pre-retirement allowance, supplementary welfare allowance or farm assist in accordance with the provisions of the Principal Act, his or her means (calculated in accordance with the provisions of the Principal Act) as rounded in accordance with section 119(1), 127(3), 177(1)(b) or 191L(1)(c) of the Principal Act, immediately before the commencement of this section, shall be converted to the equivalent euro amount and rounded down to the nearest euro. | ||
(5) Subsections (2) and (4) of this section shall cease to apply to the person concerned where the income or capital value of property, being the income or capital value of property on which the assessment of his or her means (calculated in accordance with the provisions of the Principal Act) was based on the commencement of this section, is found to have changed. | ||
(6) Each provision of the Principal Act mentioned in column (1) of Schedule F to this Act is amended by the substitution for the amount specified in column (2) of that Schedule opposite the mention of the provision in that column (1) (whether the amount occurs once or more than once in that provision), of the amount specified in column (3) of that Schedule, opposite the mention of the amount specified in that column (2). | ||
(7) This section, other than subsection (6), comes into operation— | ||
(a) in so far as it relates to unemployment assistance, pre-retirement allowance and farm assist, on 26 December 2001, | ||
(b) in so far as it relates to supplementary welfare allowance, on 31 December 2001, | ||
(c) in so far as it relates to disability allowance, on 2 January 2002, | ||
(d) in so far as it relates to one-parent family payment (other than where payable in respect of a widow or widower), carer's allowance and a relevant payment by virtue of section 18(1)(b) or (c) of the Act of 1996, on 3 January 2002, and | ||
(e) in so far as it relates to old age (non-contributory) pension, blind pension, widow's and widower's (non-contributory) pension, one-parent family payment payable in respect of a widow or widower and orphan's (non-contributory) pension, on 4 January 2002. | ||
(8) Subsection (6) of this section comes into operation on such day or days as the Minister may appoint by order or orders either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision and different days may be so appointed for different purposes or different provisions. |