S.I. No. 25/2013 - Social Welfare Act 2012 (Section 13) (Commencement) Order 2013.
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 29th January, 2013. | ||
I, JOAN BURTON, Minister for Social Protection, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 1 (4) of the Social Welfare Act 2012 (No. 43 of 2012), hereby order as follows: | ||
1. This Order may be cited as the Social Welfare Act 2012 (Section 13) (Commencement) Order 2013. | ||
2. The 28th day of January 2013 is appointed as the day on which section 13 of the Social Welfare Act 2012 (No. 43 of 2012) comes into operation. | ||
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, | ||
25 January 2013. | ||
JOAN BURTON, | ||
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 13 of the Social Welfare Act 2012 , with effect from the 28th January 2013. | ||
Section 13 amends the Social Welfare Consolidation Act, 2005 in relation to the recovery of social welfare overpayments by way of weekly deductions from a person’s on-going social welfare entitlements. This amendment allows for a deduction of an amount of up to 15% of the personal weekly rate of social welfare payment payable to that person for the purpose of the recovery of an overpayment. | ||
This section also provides that a person will not be entitled to compensate for any overpayment deduction from their primary social welfare payment by claiming Supplementary Welfare Allowance. |