ISB SI

S.I. No. 162 of 1997.

SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1997 (SECTION 24) (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1997

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

section 27

of the

Social Welfare Act, 1997

(No. 10 of 1997), hereby orders as follows

1 Citation

1.

This Order may be cited as the

Social Welfare Act, 1997

(Section 24) (Commencement) Order, 1997.

2 Commencement

2.

Section 24

of the

Social Welfare Act, 1997

shall come into operation on the 10th day of April, 1997.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare

this 8th day of April, 1997

PROINSIAS DE ROSSA

Minister for Social Welfare.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

Section 24

of the

Social Welfare Act, 1997

provides that a person who ceases to be entitled to the One Parent Family Payment by virtue of no longer being a qualified parent or ceases to be entitled to Carer's Allowance by virtue of no longer being a carer may qualify for Pre-Retirement Allowance without first having to have been in receipt of unemployment payments for 15 months.

This Order brings these provisions into effect on the 10th day of April, 1997.