Emergency Assi!;ta~ On:l~r, 1989
Statutory Text (4 Articles)
L,N. 94 of 1989
SOC IAL SIo;CU RITV ,\ CT, 1987
(ACT X Q)' 1987)
Emergency Assi!;ta~ On:l~r, 1989
IN exercise of the powers confe rred by section 93A of the Social
Security Ac!. 1987, the Min iste r for Social Policy. with IlK: conculTence
of the Minister of Finance. has made Ihe following Order:-
(I) This Order may be dted as lhe Eme rgency Assislance
Order. 1989.
(2) Tb is O rder shall be deemed to have come into force on
the 7t h January. 1989.
A,female. who is or has been ren~~d destitute by the head of
the hOllSCoold 10 the ex lcnlthal she becomes an inmate of any institute
for the ca~ and welfare of such persons, shall, in acrordam:~ ",ilh
paragraphs3 and 4 oft hisOrder. beentitled torecei"e from the Director
of Welfare any emergency assistance in cash or in kind that in the
o pinion of the Director of Welfare she may require during any period
within which she is IIOt entitled to any benefi t. pension or assistance
payable under the provisions of sections IS, 26, 27.28. 29 (only insofar
as a Disablement Pension is in payment). 30. n, 7S. 99. 99A or 100 of
me Social Security Act , 1987: 5Ohowner that any such assistance Shall
only be due for any period during which she is such an inmate.
J. TIle maximum amount of assistance in cash to which a female
may be ent itled under the pruv isiOIlll of this Or~r Shall in nu case exceed
Un 10 in any ~ riod of 7 consecutive days nor shall it be paid for mo re
than 10 oonsecutive weeks or excced Lm 100 in the aggresate during any
calendar year without the approval of the Social Assistance Board
established in tenns of sections 132 and 133 of the Social Security Act.
1987.
The maximum amount of assistance in kind to which a female
may be entilled under the provisionsoflhisOrdershal1 in no casee~ceed
Lm50 in the aggregate without the approval of the Social Assistance
Board established in te rm s of sections 132 and 133 of the Social ScCllrity
Act. 1987.
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