S.I. No. 407 of 2001

SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 2001 (SECTIONS 13 (1) (a) (iii), (2) (a) (iii), (3) (b) AND (4) (b)) (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 2001

The Minister for Social, Community and Family Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 13 (6) of the Social Welfare Act, 2001 (No. 5 of 2001) , hereby orders as follows:

Citation.

1.   This Order may be cited as the Social Welfare Act, 2001 (Sections 13 (1) (a) (iii), (2) (a) (iii), (3) (b) and (4) (b)) (Commencement) Order, 2001.

Commencement.

2.   Sections 13 (1) (a) (iii), (2) (a) (iii), (3) (b) and (4) (b) of the Social Welfare Act, 2001 (No. 5 of 2001) , shall come into operation -

(a)  in so far as they relate to unemployment assistance, pre-retirement allowance and farm assist, on 29 August 2001,

(b)  in so far as they relate to supplementary welfare allowance, on 3 September 2001,

(c)  in so far as they relate to disability allowance, on 5 September 2001,

(d)  in so far as they relate to one-parent family payment (other than where payable in respect of a widow or widower), on 6 September 2001, and

(e)  in so far as they relate to blind pension and one-parent family payment payable in respect of a widow or widower, on 7 September 2001.

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 subsections (1) (a) (iii), (2) (a) (iii), (3) (b) and (4) (b) of Section 13 of the Social Welfare Act, 2001 with effect from the first week in September 2001.

These subsections provide for the disregard of maintenance grants received under -

-   the Maintenance Grants Scheme for students attending Post-Leaving Certificate Courses,

-   the Vocational Education Committees Scholarship Scheme, and

-   the Third-Level Maintenance Grants Scheme for trainees

in the assessment of means for certain schemes.