ISB SI

S.I. No. 447 of 1992.

SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1991 (SECTION 19) (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1992.

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

section 19

of the

Social Welfare Act, 1991

(No. 7 of 1991), hereby orders as follows

1 Citation.

1.

This order may be cited as the

Social Welfare Act, 1991

(Section 19) (Commencement) Order, 1992.

2 Commencement.

2.

Section 19

of the

Social Welfare Act, 1991

shall come into operation on the 4th day of January, 1993.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare this 30th day of December, 1992.

CHARLIE McCREEVY,

Minister for Social Welfare.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This order brings

Section 19

of the

Social Welfare Act, 1991

, which provides for the payment of unemployment benefit at reduced rates in the case of employees whose weekly earnings are below a prescribed amount, into effect from 4 January, 1993.