ISB SI

S.I. No. 94 of 1996.

SOCIAL WELFARE (NO. 2) ACT, 1995 (SECTION 10(3)) (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1996

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

section 12

of the

Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1995

(No. 23 of 1995), hereby orders as follows

1 Citation.

1.

These Regulations may be cited as the

Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1995

(Section 10(3)) (Commencement) Order, 1996.

2 Commencement.

2.

Section 10

(3) of the

Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1995

shall come into operation on the 5th day of April, 1996.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare this

29th day of March, 1996.

PROINSIAS DE ROSSA

Minister for Social Welfare.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order brings

section 10

(3) of the

Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1995

, which provides for regulatory powers for determining the circumstances in which a person is or is not to be regarded as wholly or mainly maintaining another person, into operation with effect from the 5th day of April, 1996.