ISB SI

S.I. No. 202 of 1993.

SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1993 (SECTION 8 (2)) (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1993.

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

section 8

(2) of the

Social Welfare Act, 1993

(No. 5 of 1993), hereby orders as follows—

1 Citation.

1.

This order may be cited as the

Social Welfare Act, 1993

(Section 8 (2)) (Commencement) Order, 1993.

2 Commencement.

2.

Section 8

(2) of the

Social Welfare Act, 1993

shall come into operation on the 26th day of July, 1993.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare this 25th day of June, 1992.

MICHAEL WOODS,

Minister for Social Welfare.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order brings

Section 8

(2) of the

Social Welfare Act, 1993

into effect from 26th July, 1993.

Section 8 (2) empowers the Minister to make Regulations for the purpose of prescribing the method of calculating a woman's reckonable earnings in order to determine the weekly rate of Maternity allowance payable. The section also makes provision to facilitate an increase in the maximum weekly rate.