ISB SI

S.I. No. 92 of 1998.

SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1997 (SECTION 26 (1) (A)) (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 26 (1) (

a

)) (Commencement) Order, 1998.

2 Commencement

2.

The 1st day of April, 1998, is hereby appointed as the day on which section 26 (1) (

a

) 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, on this 24th day of March, 1998.

DERMOT AHERN,

Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order provides that section 26 (1) (

a

) of the

Social Welfare Act, 1997

will come into effect on 1 April, 1998.

Section 26 (1) (

a

) consolidates the provisions relating to amounts disregarded in the assessment of means for Unemployment Assistance, Pre-Retirement Allowance and Disability Allowance.