Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2015

Renaming of respite care grant

5. (1) Each provision of the Principal Act and each instrument mentioned in column (1) of Schedule 2 is amended in the manner specified in column (2) of Schedule 2 opposite the mention of that provision or instrument, as the case may be, in column (1).

(2) Every reference in any Act, or in any instrument made under any Act, passed or made before the commencement of this section, to respite care grant shall be construed as a reference to carer’s support grant.

(3) This section comes into operation on 1 January 2016.