S.I. No. 270/1990:

SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1990 (PART III) (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1990.

SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1990 (PART III) (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1990.

The Minister for Social Welfare, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 16 of the Social Welfare Act, 1990 (No. 5 of 1990), hereby orders as follows:--

1. This Order may be cited as the Social Welfare Act, 1990 (Part III) (Commencement) Order, 1990.

2. Part III (other than section 15) of the Social Welfare Act, 1990 shall come into operation--

( a ) on the 29th day of November, 1990 in the case of deserted wife's allowance, prisoner's wife's allowance, unmarried mother's allowance, deserted husband's allowance and lone parent's allowance, other than lone parent's allowance payable in respect of a widow or a widower, and

( b ) on the 30th day of November, 1990 in the case of widow's (non-contributory) pension, widower's (non-contributory) pension and lone parent's allowance payable in respect of a widow or a widower.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare

this 20th day of November, 1990.

MICHAEL WOODS,

Minister for Social Welfare.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order brings into effect the provisions of Part III of the Social Welfare Act, 1990 (other than section 15), which provides for the introduction of the lone parent's allowance, from 30th November, 1990 in the case of lone parents who are widowed persons and from 29th November, 1990 in the case of all other lone parents.