S.I. No. 90/1999 - Social Welfare Act, 1999 (Part IV) (Commencement) Order, 1999.
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1. This Order may be cited as the Social Welfare Act, 1999 (Part IV) (Commencement) Order, 1999.
Commencement
2. The 7th day of April, 1999, is hereby appointed as the day on which Part IV of the
Social Welfare Act, 1999
(No. 3 of 1999), shall come into operation.
GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs, this 6th day of April, 1999.
DERMOT AHERN,
Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs.
EXPLANATORY NOTE.
(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)
This Order provides that Part IV of the
Social Welfare Act, 1999
will come into effect on the 7th day of April, 1999.
Part IV provides for the introduction of a new means-tested Farm Assist scheme for low income farmers to replace the existing Smallholders Unemployment Assistance scheme.
The Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by
section 18
of the
Social Welfare Act, 1999
(No. 3 of 1999), hereby orders as follows
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