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Number 15 of 1972

SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1972

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section
1.	Interpretation.
2.	Increase of rates of old age pensions.
3.	Increase of rates of unemployment assistance.
4.	Increase of certain rates of unemployment benefit.
5.	Increase of rates of widows' (non- contributory) pensions.
6.	Increase of rates of orphans' (non-contributory) pensions.
7.	Amendment of section 6 of Act of 1952.
8.	Amendment of section 26 (4) of Act of 1952.
9.	Amendment of section 47 of Act of 1952.
10.	Amendment of section 58 of Act of 1952.
11.	Amendment of section 77 (5) of Act of 1952.
12.	Amendment of Second Schedule to Act of 1952.
13.	Amendment of Third Schedule to Act of 1952.
14.	Amendment of Fourth Schedule to Act of 1952.
15.	Amendments relating to the extension of certain provisions of Act of 1952 to members of Garda Síochána.
16.	Restriction of section 13 of Act of 1966 and of certain regulations under section 32 of Act of 1952.
17.	Amendment of Social Welfare (Occupational Injuries) Act, 1966.
18.	Amendment of section 21 (1) of Act of 1970.
19.	Amendment of section 22 (1) of Act of 1970.
20.	Short title, construction and collective citation.

Acts Referred to
Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1935	1935, No. 29
Social Welfare Act, 1952	1952, No. 11
Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1966	1966, No. 24
Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1968	1968, No. 31
Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1969	1969, No. 19
Social Welfare Act, 1970	1970, No. 12
Social Welfare Act, 1971	1971, No. 16
Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1964	1964, No. 28
Old Age Pensions Act, 1924	1924, No. 19
Unemployment Assistance Act, 1933	1933, No. 46
Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1967	1967, No. 18
Social Welfare (Amendment) Act, 1960	1960. No. 25
Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1963	1963, No. 26
Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1965	1965, No. 20
Social Welfare (Occupational Injuries) Act, 1966	1966, No. 16

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Number 15 of 1972

SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1972

AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE OLD AGE PENSIONS ACTS, 1908 TO 1971, THE UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE ACTS, 1933 TO 1971, THE WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' PENSIONS ACTS, 1935 TO 1971, AND THE SOCIAL WELFARE ACTS, 1952 TO 1971. [12th July, 1972]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:

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