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Social Welfare Act, 1974

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Number 12 of 1974

SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1974

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I

Preliminary and General

Section

1.

Short title, construction and collective citation.

2.

Commencement.

3.

Definitions.

PART II

Normal Residence of Children

4.

Amendment of section 2 of Act of 1952 (normal residence).

5.

Miscellaneous amendments consequential on section 4.

6.

Amendment of section 77 of Act of 1952 (old age pensions).

7.

Amendment of Fourth Schedule to Act of 1952 (death grant for qualified child).

PART III

Children's Allowances

8.

Amendment of section 5 (2) of Act of 1946 (children resident in institutions).

9.

Avoidance of new claims for certain children's allowances by mother or step-mother.

Acts Referred to

Children's Allowances (Amendment) Act, 1946

1946, No. 8

Social Welfare Act, 1952

1952, No. 11

Social Welfare (Occupational Injuries) Act, 1966

1966, No. 16

Social Welfare Act, 1970

1970, No. 12

Social Welfare Act, 1973

1973, No. 10

Unemployment Assistance (Amendment) Act, 1935

1935, No. 38

Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1935

1935, No. 29

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Number 12 of 1974

SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1974

AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE OLD AGE PENSIONS ACTS, 1908 TO 1973, THE UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE ACTS, 1933 TO 1973, THE WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' PENSIONS ACTS, 1935 TO 1973, THE SOCIAL WELFARE (CHILDREN'S ALLOWANCES) ACTS, 1944 TO 1973, AND THE SOCIAL WELFARE ACTS, 1952 TO 1973. [12th June, 1974]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: