ISB SI

S.I. No. 188 of 1996.

SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1996 (SECTION 7) (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1996

The Minister for Social Welfare under the powers conferred on him by

section 7

(4) of the

Social Welfare Act, 1996

(No. 7 of 1996), hereby orders as follows

1 Citation.

1.

This Order may be cited as the

Social Welfare Act, 1996

(Section 7) (Commencement) Order, 1996.

2 Commencement.

2.

Section 7

of the

Social Welfare Act, 1996

shall come into operation on the 13th day of June, 1996.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare

this 10th day of June, 1996.

PROINSIAS DE ROSSA

Minister for Social Welfare

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order provides that

section 7

of the

Social Welfare Act, 1996

will come into operation on 10 June, 1996.

Section 7

of the

Social Welfare Act, 1996

provides for the continued payment of child dependant allowances, for up to 13 weeks, to people in receipt of such increases at the full rate who have been unemployed for 12 months or more and who take up employment which is expected to last for at least 4 weeks.