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S.I. No. 250 of 1997.

SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1997 (SECTION 22(1) and (2)) (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 22(1) and (2)) (Commencement) Order, 1997.

2 Commencement

2.

Section 22(1) and (2) of the

Social Welfare Act, 1997

shall come into operation on the 4th day of June, 1997.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare

this 3rd day of June, 1997

PROINSIAS DE ROSSA

Minister for Social Welfare.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order brings the provisions of subsections (1) and (2) of

section 22

of the

Social Welfare Act, 1997

into operation with effect from the 4th day of June, 1997.

These provisions provide for regulatory powers to extend entitlements to Disability Allowance to persons who reside in an institution otherwise than on a full-time basis and also provide that where one of a couple is in receipt of Disability Allowance and the other is in receipt of Old Age (non-contributory) Pension or Invalidity Pension, each of the couple may receive the full personal rate of payment.