S.I. No. 236/1979 - Social Welfare (Assistance) Regulations, 1979.

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Assistance) Regulations, 1979.

2. These Regulations shall apply in respect of a pension under the Old Age Pensions Acts, 1908 to 1979, widow's (non-contributory) pension, orphan's (non-contributory) pension, deserted wife's allowance, social assistance allowance under

section 8

of the

Social Welfare Act, 1973

single woman's allowance and prisoner's wife's allowance.

3. Articles 9 (2), 9 (3) and 10 (2) of the Social Welfare (Claims and Payments) Regulations, 1952 (

S.I. No. 374 of 1952

), as amended by articles 6 and 7 of the Social Welfare (Claims and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations, 1960 (

S.I. No. 259 of 1960

), shall apply in respect of the pensions and allowances referred to in article 2 of these Regulations as if the references in those articles to pension or maternity allowance included a reference to such pensions and allowances.

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

10th day of July, 1979.

CHARLES J. HAUGHEY,

Minister for Social Welfare.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations extend to old age pensions, widow's (non-contributory) pensions, orphan's (non-contributory) pensions, deserted wife's allowances, unmarried mother's allowances, single women's allowances and prisoner's wife's allowances the provisions of Articles 9 (2), 9 (3) and 10 (2) of the Social Welfare (Claims and Payments) Regulations 1952 as amended by the Social Welfare (Claims and Payments) (Amendment) Regulations, 1960. The effect is to provide that in certain circumstances the time for making a claim for these pensions may be extended to the date of the making of the claim.

S.I. No. 236 of 1979.

SOCIAL WELFARE (ASSISTANCE) REGULATIONS, 1979.

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

sections 3

,

29

,

47

,

84

and

121

of the

Social Welfare Act, 1952

(No. 11 of 1952),

section 22

of the

Social Welfare Act, 1970

(No. 12 of 1970)

section 8

of the

Social Welfare Act, 1973

(No. 10 of 1973) and

sections 8

and

9

of the

Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1974

(No. 14 of 1974), hereby makes the following Regulations.