ISB SI

S.I. No. 248 of 1997.

SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1997 (SECTIONS 10 AND 11) (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1997

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

sections 10

and

11

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

(Sections 10 and 11) (Commencement) Order, 1997.

2 Commencement

2.

Sections 10

and

11

of the

Social Welfare Act, 1997

shall come into operation from the 9th day of June 1997.

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

this 5th day of June, 1997.

PROINSIAS DE ROSSA

Minister for Social Welfare.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order provides that

sections 10

and

11

of the

Social Welfare Act, 1997

will come into effect on the 9th day of June, 1997.

Sections 10

and

11

of the

Social Welfare Act, 1997

provide for the extension of the Maternity Benefit and Adoptive Benefit Schemes to the self-employed.