Updated to 5 April 2024
(Act No. 9 of 2024 and S.I. No. 141 of 2024)
Contents
Commencement
| Section | Commencement Date | Commencement Information |
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Ss. 1 & 2 |
21 December 2009 |
Commenced on enactment |
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S. 3 insofar as it relates to jobseeker’s benefit |
31 December 2009 |
S. 3(2)(a) |
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S. 3, sch. 1 insofar as it relates to illness benefit, health and safety benefit, injury benefit and disablement gratuity |
4 January 2010 |
S. 3(2)(b) |
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S. 3, sch. 1 insofar as it relates to carer’s benefit, State pension (transition), invalidity pension and a payment referred to in para. (a) of the definition of “relevant payment” in s. 178 of the Principal Act |
7 January 2010 |
S. 3(2)(c) |
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S. 3, sch. 1 insofar as it relates disablement pension, death benefit under sections 81 -83 of the Principal Act, State pension (contributory), widow’s (contributory) pension, widower’s (contributory) pension and guardian’s payment (contributory) |
8 January 2010 |
S. 3(2)(d) |
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S. 4, sch. 2 insofar as it relates to jobseeker’s allowance, pre-retirement allowance and farm assist |
30 December 2009 |
S. 4(2)(a) |
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S. 4, sch. 2 insofar as it relates to supplementary welfare allowance |
4 January 2010 |
S. 4(2)(b) |
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S. 4, sch. 2 insofar as it relates to disability allowance |
6 January 2010 |
S. 4(2)(c) |
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S. 4, sch. 2 insofar as it relates to one-parent family payment (other than where payable in respect of a widow or widower), carer’s allowance and a payment referred to in paragraph (b) or (c) of the definition of “ relevant payment ” in s. 178 of the Principal Act |
7 January 2010 |
S. 4(2)(d) |
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S. 4, sch. 2 insofar as it relates to State pension (non-contributory), blind pension, widow’s (non-contributory) pension, widower’s (non-contributory) pension, one-parent family payment payable in respect of a widow or widower and guardian’s payment (non-contributory) |
8 January 2010 |
S. 4(2)(e) |
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S. 5 |
1 January 2010 |
S. 5(2) |
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S. 6 |
21 December 2009 |
Commenced on enactment |
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S. 7 |
1 January 2010 |
S. 7(2) |
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S. 8 |
1 January 2010 |
S. 8(2) |
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S. 9 |
1 January 2010 |
S. 9(2) |
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S. 10 |
1 January 2010 |
S. 10(2) |
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S. 11 |
1 January 2010 |
S. 11(3) |
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Ss. 12-20 |
21 December 2009 |
Commenced on enactment |
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S. 21 |
1 March 2010 |
Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Act 2009 (Part 3) (Commencement) Order 2010 (S.I. No. 56 of 2010), art. 2 |
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Sch. 1 |
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See s. 3 |
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Sch. 2 |
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See s. 4 |
Amendments and other effects
| How Affected | Affecting Provision |
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S. 5 references
to “family income supplement” construed as a reference to “working family
payment” |
38/2017, s. 8(2) |
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S. 21 references to the
Financial Services Ombudsman, the Deputy Financial Services Ombudsman or the
Pensions Ombudsman shall, on and after the establishment day, be construed as Financial
Services and Pensions Ombudsman |
22/2017, s. 29(3) |
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S. 21(2) Circuit Court procedures for actions under |
Circuit Court Rules (Pensions Ombudsman) 2010 (S.I. No. 446 of 2010), rls. 1, 4 |
SIs made under the Act
| Section | SIs made under the Act |
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None |
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