ISB SI

S.I. No. 372 of 1996.

SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1996 (SECTION 22) (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1996

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

section 22

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 22) (Commencement) Order, 1996.

2 Commencement.

2.

Section 22

of the

Social Welfare Act, 1996

shall come into operation with effect from the 27th day of November, 1996.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare

this 26th day of November, 1996.

PROINSIAS DE ROSSA

Minister for Social Welfare.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Section 22

of the

Social Welfare Act, 1996

provides for improvements in the Unemployment Assistance scheme including regulatory powers relating to the assessment of earnings from insurable employment.

This Order brings these provisions into effect from 27 November, 1996.