S.I. No. 406/2004 - Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2004 (Sections 13 & 16) (Commencement) Order, 2004

1. This Order may be cited as the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2004 (Sections 13 and 16) (Commencement) Order, 2004.

Commencement.

2. The 1st day of January 2004 is the day on which

sections 13

and

16

of the

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2004

(No. 9 of 2004) are deemed to have come into operation.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, this 29th day of June, 2004.

MARY COUGHLAN,

Minister for Social 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

Sections 13

and

16

of the

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2004

.

Sections 13 and 16 provide for technical amendments to the PRSI definitions contained in the

Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1993

consequential on the decision in Budget 2003 to charge PRSI and levies on certain benefits-in-kind. The amendments provide for the deletion of the definition of ‘emoluments’ and a minor adjustment to the definition of ‘reckonable earnings’. These amendments will come into effect from 1 January 2004.

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

sections 13

(2) and

16

(2) of the

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2004

(No. 9 of 2004), hereby orders as follows

Citation.