2001_si_407

S.I. No. 407/2001 - Social Welfare Act, 2001 (Sections 13 (1)(a)(iii), (2)(a)(iii), (3)(b) and (4)(b)) (Commencement) Order, 2001

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ISB SI

1. This Order may be cited as the Social Welfare Act, 2001 (Sections 13 (1) (a) (iii),(2) (a) (iii), (3) (b) and (4) (b)) (Commencement) Order, 2001.

Commencement.

Sections 13

(1) (a) (iii), (2) (a) (iii), (3) (b) and (4) (b) of the

Social Welfare Act, 2001

(No. 5 of 2001), shall come into operation -

(a) in so far as they relate to unemployment assistance, pre-retirement allowance and farm assist, on 29 August 2001,

(b) in so far as they relate to supplementary welfare allowance, on 3 September 2001,

(d) in so far as they relate to one-parent family payment (other than where payable in respect of a widow or widower), on 6 September 2001, and

(e) in so far as they relate to blind pension and one-parent family payment payable in respect of a widow or widower, on 7 September 2001.

GIVEN

under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs, this 28th day of August, 2001.

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 for the commencement of subsections (1) (a) (iii), (2) (a) (iii), (3) (b) and (4) (b) of

Section 13

of the

Social Welfare Act, 2001

with effect from the first week in September 2001.

These subsections provide for the disregard of maintenance grants received under -

- the Maintenance Grants Scheme for students attending Post-Leaving Certificate Courses,

- the Vocational Education Committees Scholarship Scheme, and

- the Third-Level Maintenance Grants Scheme for trainees

in the assessment of means for certain schemes.

ISB SI

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

section 13

(6) of the

Social Welfare Act, 2001

(No. 5 of 2001), hereby orders as follows

Citation.