Social Welfare Act , 1996

Type Act
Publication 1996-04-03
State In force
articles 46
Reform history JSON API
Provision of Principal Act Amended Nature of Amendment
(1) (2)
Part II The repeal of Chapter 18.
Part III The repeal of Chapters 7 and 8.
Section 2(3)(b)(ii) (as amended by section 15 of this Act) The deletion of “113(1),”.
Section 4(4)(a) (as amended by section 11 of the No. 2 Act of 1995) The deletion of “110(1)(c), 111(3), 111(8),”. The insertion after “129,” of “158(4),”.
Section 4(5) (as amended by section 37 of this Act) The deletion of “, 111(2)”.
Section 23(3) The deletion of paragraph (a). The deletion in paragraph (b) of “, deserted wife's benefit”.
Section 30(1) (as amended by section 11 of the Act of 1995) The deletion of paragraph (l).
Section 101 (as amended by section 27 of this Act) The deletion of subsection (4).
Section 118(1) (as amended by section 15 of this Act) The deletion of paragraphs (f) and (g).
Section 135 (as amended by section 27 of this Act) The deletion of “deserted wife's benefit,” in each place where it occurs. The substitution in paragraph (b) of “any such pension” for “any such benefit, pension”.
Section 139(3) (as amended by section 27 of this Act) The deletion of “or deserted wife's benefit” in both places where it occurs.
Section 143 (as amended by section 5 of the No. 2 Act of 1995) The deletion of subsection (2).
Section 207 (1)(c)(ii) (as amended by section 27 of this Act) The substitution for “or deserted wife's benefit, so much of the pension or benefit as is payable by virtue of section 105(1) or 113(1), as appropriate,” of “so much of the pension as is payable by virtue of section 105(1),”.
Section 210(1) in the definition of “benefit” (as amended by section 15 of this Act) The deletion of paragraph (n).
Section 284 (1) The deletion of the definition of “benefit”. The deletion in the definition of “allowance” of “deserted wife's allowance,”. The deletion in the definition of “competent authority” of “deserted wife's benefit, deserted wife's allowance and”.
Section 285 The deletion of “110, 152,”.
Sections 286(1), 297, 298(1) and (2) (as amended by section 17 of this Act) The substitution for “a benefit or allowance” of “an allowance” in each place where it occurs.
Sections 286(1) and 297 The substitution for “such benefit or allowance” of “such allowance” in each place where it occurs.
Sections 286(2) and (4) and 298(3) The substitution for “the benefit or allowance” of “the allowance” in each place where it occurs.
Sections 298(2) and (3) The substitution for “benefit or allowance” of “allowance” in each place where it occurs.
Paragraph 5 (as amended by section 27 of this Act) of Part III of the First Schedule The deletion of “, deserted wife's benefit”.
Rule 1(2A) (inserted by section 17 of this Act) of Part II of the Third Schedule The deletion of “deserted wife's allowance and prisoner's wife's allowance”.
Rule 1(3) of Part II of the Third Schedule (as amended by section 17 of this Act) The deletion of “deserted wife's allowance, prisoner's wife's allowance,”,
Rule 1(4) of Part II of the Third Schedule The deletion of “deserted wife's allowance, prisoner's wife's allowance”.
Rule 2(2) of Part II of the Third Schedule The deletion of subparagraphs (b) and (c).
Rule 5 (as amended by section 23 of the Act of 1995) of Part II of the Third Schedule The deletion of “deserted wife's allowance, prisoner's wife's allowance” in each place where it occurs.
Sections 118(1)(h), 121(1)(a)(ii) (inserted by section 22 of this Act), 207(1)(c)(ii), 210(1)(m), 210(2)(f), 236(1), 284(1) in the definitions of “allowance” and “competent authority”, Rule 1(4), Rule 2(2)(d) and Rule 5 (as amended by section 23 of the Act of 1995) of Part II of the Third Schedule The substitution of “one-parent family payment” for “lone parent's allowance” in each place where it occurs.
Section 121(1)(a)(ii) (inserted by section 22 of this Act) The substitution of “a qualified parent” for “a lone parent”.
Section 207(1)(c)(ii) (as amended by section 27 of this Act) The substitution of “the payment” for “the allowance”.
Section 236(1) (as amended by section 27of this Act) The substitution of “such payment” for“such allowance”.
Rule 1(4)(j) (inserted by section 15 of the Act of 1994) of Part II of the Third Schedule The substitution of “or a qualified parent within the meaning of section 157” for “or a lone parent”.
Reference 5 of Part I of the Fourth Schedule The substitution of “One-Parent Family Payment” for “Lone Parent's Allowance”.

SCHEDULE F

Provision of Principal Act Amended Nature of Amendment
(1) (2)
Section 83(3) in the definition of “relevant person” and section 88(4) in the definition of “relevant person” The substitution for subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of the following subparagraph: “(i) employed mainly in one or more of the employments in respect of which employment contributions at the rate specified in Article 5(2)(a), 6(2)(a) or 7(2)(a) of the Social Welfare (Modifications of Insurance) Regulations, 1991 to 1995, were paid, and”.
Section 84(9) The substitution of “at the rate specified in Article 5(2)(a), 6(2)(a) or 7(2)(a) of the Social Welfare (Modifications of Insurance) Regulations, 1991 to 1995,”, for “during which such person is or was employed mainly in one or more of the employments specified in Article 5(1), 6(1) or 7(1) of the Social Welfare (Modifications of Insurance) Regulations, 1991 (S.I. No. 94 of 1991)),”.

SCHEDULE G

Provision of Principal Act Amended Nature of Amendment
(1) (2)
Sections 18(1)(g), 23(2), 135, 139(3), 207(1)(c)(ii), 210(2)(f), 236(1) and paragraph 5 of Part III of the First Schedule (as amended by section 13 of the Act of 1994) The substitution of “widow's (contributory) pension, widower's (contributory) pension” for “survivor's pension” in each place where it occurs.
Section 30(1)(j) (as amended by section 13 of the Act of 1994) The substitution of “widow's (contributory) pension and widower's (contributory) pension” for “survivor's pension”.
Section 100 (inserted by section 11 of the Act of 1994) The insertion before the definition of “relevant time” of the following definition: “‘pension’ means a widow's (contributory) pension in the case of a widow and a widower's (contributory) pension in the case of a widower;”. The deletion of the definition of “survivor”.
Section 100 in the definition of “relevant time”, section 102(1)(b) (inserted by section 11 of the Act of 1994) The substitution of “widow's or widower's” for “survivor's” in each place where it occurs.
Sections 100, 101 and 102 (inserted by section 11 of the Act of 1994) The substitution of “widow or widower” for “survivor” in each place where it occurs.
Sections 101, 102, 103 and 104 (inserted by section 11 of the Act of 1994), section 105 (inserted by section 19 of the Act of 1995) and section 105A (inserted by section 11 of the Act of 1994) The substitution of “pension” for “survivor's pension” in each place where it occurs.
Section 210(1)(l) in the definition of “benefit” (as amended by section 13 of the Act of 1994) The substitution of “widow's (contributory) pension or widower's (contributory) pension” for “survivor's pension”.
Reference 5 of Part I of the Second Schedule (as amended by section 13 of the Act of 1994) The substitution of “Widow's (Contributory) Pension, Widower's (Contributory) Pension” for “Survivor's Pension”.

SCHEDULE H

Provision of Principal Act Amended Nature of Amendment
(1) (2)
Sections 249(b), 264(b) and 269(b) The insertion after “shall determine having regard to the new facts or new evidence” of “and the circumstances of the case” in each place where it occurs.

SCHEDULE I

Provision of Principal Act Amended Nature of Amendment
(1) (2)
Paragraph (2) (as amended by section 23 of this Act) of Rule 1 of Part I of the Third Schedule The insertion after subparagraph (t) of the following subparagraph: “(u) such other income received by a person or his or her spouse as may be prescribed.”.
Paragraph (4) (as amended by section 17 of this Act) of Rule 1 of Part II of the Third Schedule The insertion after subparagraph (t) of the following subparagraph: “(u) such other income received by a person or his or her spouse as may be prescribed.”.
Paragraph (1) (as amended by section 37 of this Act) of Rule 1 of Part III of the Third Schedule The insertion after subparagraph (n) of the following subparagraph: “(o) such other income received by a person or his or her spouse as may be prescribed.”.
Paragraphs (1) (as amended by section 23 of the Act of 1995) and (3)(b) of Rule 1 of Part I, paragraphs (1) (as amended by section 23 of the Act of 1995), (4)(a) and (5)(b) of Rule 1 of Part II and paragraphs (1)(e), (2) and (3)(b) of Rule 1 of Part III of the Third Schedule The deletion of “under a lease which was certified by the Irish Land Commission to be bona fide and in accordance with sound land use practice”.

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