S.I. No. 94/2017 - Social Welfare Act 2016 (Section 9(a)) (Commencement) Order 2017.

1. This Order may be cited as the Social Welfare Act 2016 (Section 9(

a

)) (Commencement) Order 2017.

2. The 27th day of March 2017 is appointed as the day on which

section 9

(

a

) of the

Social Welfare Act 2016

(No. 15 of 2016) shall come into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

22 March 2017.

LEO VARADKAR,

Minister for Social Protection.

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

section 9

(

a

) of the

Social Welfare Act 2016

with effect from 27 March 2017.

Section 9(

a

) provides for the extension of entitlement to the Treatment Benefit scheme to self-employed people (i.e. PRSI Class S contributors).

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

28

th March

, 2017.

I, LEO VARADKAR, Minister for Social Protection, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 26

(3) of the

Social Welfare Act 2016

(No. 15 of 2016), hereby order as follows