ISB SI

S.I. No. 192 of 1998.

SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1998 (SECTION 23) (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1998.

The Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred on the Minister by

section 25

of the

Social Welfare Act, 1998

(No. 6 of 1998), hereby orders as follows

1 Citation

1.

This Order may be cited as the

Social Welfare Act, 1998

(Section 23) (Commencement) Order, 1998.

2 Commencement

2.

The 26th day of May, 1998, is hereby appointed as the day on which

section 23

of the

Social Welfare Act, 1998

(No. 6 of 1998), shall come into operation.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs, this 26th day of May, 1998.

DERMOT AHERN,

Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order provides that

section 23

of the

Social Welfare Act, 1998

will come into effect on the 26th of May, 1998.

Section 23

of the

Social Welfare Act, 1998

provides that the Minister or a designated officer of the Minister may appoint officers to be Social Welfare Inspectors.