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S.I. No. 227 of 1998.

SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1997 (SECTION 22 (3)) (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1998.

The Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred on the Minister 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 (3)) (Commencement) Order, 1998.

2 Commencement

2.

The 3rd day of June, 1998, is hereby appointed as the day on which

section 22

(3) of the

Social Welfare Act, 1997

(No. 10 of 1997), shall come into operation.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs, this 3rd day of June, 1998.

DERMOT AHERN,

Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order provides that

section 22

(3) of the

Social Welfare Act, 1997

will come into effect on the 3rd of June, 1998.

Section 22

(3) of the

Social Welfare Act, 1997

provides that the cost of medical certificates obtained by a claimant for the purposes of Disability Allowance will be met by the Department.