Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981
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Grant of supplementary welfare allowance in cases of urgency. [1975 SWA, s. 15] |
213.—(1) Nothing in section 201 , 202 or 203 shall prevent the payment of supplementary welfare allowance in an urgent case and in determining whether an allowance is payable by virtue of this section and the amount or nature of the allowance, the health board shall not be bound by anything contained in sections 206 to 210 or in any regulations made under this Chapter which appears to it inappropriate in the circumstances of the case. | |
(2) Where pursuant to subsection (1) supplementary welfare allowance is paid to a person who is engaged in remunerative full-time work, a health board may, if it is satisfied that in all the circumstances of the case it would be equitable so to do, determine that the whole or part of the allowance so paid shall be recoverable from the person to whom it is paid. |