S.I. No. 218/1970 - Social Welfare (Invalidity Pension) Regulations, 1970.

1. He shall submit himself for medical or other examination at such time or place as may be specified if the Minister, on giving not less than seven clear days notice in writing, requests him to do so.

2. He shall obey the instructions of a doctor attending on him or to whom he has submitted himself for medical examination in accordance with the directions of the Minister, in relation to his behaviour or any other matter concerning his incapacity.

3. He shall not refuse unreasonably to see the Minister's sickness visitor and he shall answer any reasonable enquiries by the Minister's officers relating to his claim.

4. He shall do no work on his own account or on behalf of any other person unless it be—

(

a

) light work for which no remuneration is, or would ordinarily be, payable, or

(

b

) work of the kind referred to in paragraph 7 of Part 1 of the First Schedule to the Act (i.e. as an outworked) under a scheme that is, in the opinion of the Minister, charitable in character and purpose.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare this

29th day of September, 1970.

JOSEPH BRENNAN,

Minister for Social Welfare.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations specify the conditions under which a person shall be regarded as permanently incapable of work for the purposes of entitlement to invalidity pension and provide for the disqualification of a person for receiving such pension if he fails without good cause to observe the Rules of Behaviour as specified in the Schedule thereto.

S.I. No. 218 of 1970.

SOCIAL WELFARE (INVALIDITY PENSION) REGULATIONS, 1970.

The Minister for Social Welfare, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by

section 3

of the

Social Welfare Act, 1952

(No. 11 of 1952) and section 25C of the said Act (inserted therein by

section 6

of the

Social Welfare Act, 1970

(No. 12 of 1970)), hereby makes the following Regulations: —