Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981

Regulations—general.

[1933 UA, s. 7]

148.—(1) The Minister may make regulations prescribing any matter or thing which is expressly authorised by this Chapter to be prescribed by regulations made by him under this Chapter.

(2) Regulations made by the Minister under this section prescribing a form of application for any purpose under this Chapter may require that all or any of the statements made by the applicant in such form be verified by statutory declaration.

[1933 UA, s. 8]

(3) Where any regulations made under this section require all or any of the statements made by an applicant in a form of application prescribed by such regulations for any purpose under this Chapter to be verified by statutory declaration, such statutory declaration may be taken and received by a deciding officer or by any other officer of the Minister authorised by the Minister in that behalf.

[1952, s. 101]

(4) Regulations may apply any of the provisions of or made under sections 111 , 112 , 113 , 128 , 295 , 296 , 297 , 298 , 299 and 300 to unemployment assistance, and any such application may be either with or without modifications and either in addition to or in substitution for existing provisions of this Chapter or Part VIII .