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S.I. No. 321 of 1994.

SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1994 (PART IV) (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1994.

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

section 14

of the

Social Welfare Act, 1994

(No. 4 of 1994), hereby order as follows—

1 Citation.

1.

This Order may be cited as the

Social Welfare Act, 1994

(Part IV) (Commencement) Order, 1994.

2 Commencement.

2.

Part IV of the

Social Welfare Act, 1994

shall come into operation on the 28th day of October, 1994.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare, this 28th day of October, 1994.

MICHAEL WOODS,

Minister for Social Welfare.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order brings Part IV of the

Social Welfare Act, 1994

into effect from 28th October, 1994.

Part IV provides for the introduction of a new Survivor's Pension scheme under which widowers will become entitled to a pension on the basis of the existing conditions applied in determining entitlement to Widow's (Contributory) Pension.