ISB SI

S.I. No. 469 of 1998.

SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1998 (SECTION 16) (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1998.

The Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred on him 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 16) (Commencement) Order, 1998.

2 Commencement

2.

The 16th day of November, 1998, is hereby appointed as the day on which

section 16

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 16th day of November, 1998.

DERMOT AHERN

Minister for Social, Community

and Family Affairs.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order provides that

section 16

of the

Social Welfare Act, 1998

will come into effect on the 16th day of November, 1998.

Section 16 provides that sums due to the Social Insurance Fund may be paid into either the current account of the Fund or the investment account of the Fund.