S.I. No. 284/2022 - Social Welfare Act 2021 (Section 20) (Commencement) Order 2022

1. This Order may be cited as the Social Welfare Act 2021 (Section 20) (Commencement) Order 2022.

2. The 1st day of June 2022 is appointed as the day on which

section 20

of the

Social Welfare Act 2021

(No. 44 of 2021) shall come into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

30 May, 2022.

HEATHER HUMPHREYS,

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 20

of the

Social Welfare Act 2021

from 1 June 2022.

Section 20 provides for the expansion of the list of agri-environmental schemes attracting the specific means disregard applicable to Jobseeker’s Allowance, Farm Assist and State Pension (Non-Contributory).

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

17

th June,

2022.

I, HEATHER HUMPHREYS, Minister for Social Protection, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 1

(3) of the

Social Welfare Act 2021

(No. 44 of 2021), hereby order as follows