Social Welfare Act, 1975

Short title, construction and collective citation.

19.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Social Welfare Act, 1975.

(2) This Act—

(a) in so far as it amends and extends the Old Age Pensions Acts, 1908 to 1974, shall be construed as one with those Acts and may be cited together with them as the Old Age Pensions Acts, 1908 to 1975,

(b) in so far as it amends and extends the Unemployment Assistance Acts, 1933 to 1974, shall be construed as one with those Acts and may be cited together with them as the Unemployment Assistance Acts, 1933 to 1975,

(c) in so far as it amends and extends the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Acts, 1935 to 1974, shall be construed as one with those Acts and may be cited together with them as the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Acts, 1935 to 1975,

(d) in so far as it amends and extends the Social Welfare (Children's Allowances) Acts, 1944 to 1974, shall be construed as one with those Acts and may be cited together with them as the Social Welfare (Children's Allowances) Acts, 1944 to 1975,

(e) in so far as it amends and extends the Social Welfare Acts, 1952 to 1974, shall be construed as one with those Acts and may be cited together with them as the Social Welfare Acts, 1952 to 1975.

(3) This Act in so far as it extends the Education (Provision of Meals) Acts, 1914 to 1930, and the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1957 in so far as it amends and extends those Acts, shall be construed as one with those Acts and may be cited together with them as the Education (Provision of Meals) Acts, 1914 to 1975.