Social Welfare (Overlapping Benefits) (Amendment) Regulations, 1974.

• Statutory Instrument No.: 224/1974
• Date: 09 July 1974

S.I. No. 224 of 1974.

SOCIAL WELFARE (OVERLAPPING BENEFITS) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1974.

The Minister for Social Welfare, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 3 , 32 and 75 of the Social Welfare Act, 1952 (No. 11 of 1952) and sections 8 and 9 of the Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1974 (No. 14 of 1974) hereby makes the following Regulations:— 1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Overlapping Benefits) (Amendment) Regulations, 1974.

(2) These Regulations and the Social Welfare (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations, 1953 to 1973, shall be construed as one and may be cited together as the Social Welfare (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations, 1953 to 1974. 2. In these Regulations—

"the Act"means the Social Welfare Act, 1952 ;

"The Act of 1966 "means the Social Welfare (Occupational Injuries) Act, 1966 (No. 16 of 1966);

"the Act of 1970" means the Social Welfare Act, 1970 (No. 12 of 1970);

"the Act of 1973" means the Social Welfare Act, 1973 (No. 10 of 1973);

"the Act of 1974" means the Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1974 ;

"the Principal Regulations" means the Social Welfare (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations, 1953 ( S.I. No. 14 of 1953 );

"the Regulations of 1960" means the Social Welfare (Overlapping Benefits) (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations, 1960 ( S.I. No. 278 of 1960 );

"the Regulations of 1965" means the Social Welfare (Overlapping Benefits) (Amendment) Regulations, 1965 ( S.I. No. 61 of 1965 );

"the Regulations of 1967" means the Social Welfare (Overlapping Benefits) (Amendment) Regulations, 1967 ( S.I. No. 91 of 1967 );

"the Regulations of 1969" means the Social Welfare (Overlapping Benefits) (Amendment) Regulations, 1969 ( S.I. No. 262 of 1969 );

"the Regulations of 1970" means the Social Welfare (Overlapping Benefits) (Amendment) Regulations, 1970 ( S.I. No. 221 of 1970 );

"the Regulations of 1971" means the Social Welfare (Overlapping Benefits) (Amendment) Regulations, 1971 ( S.I. No. 87 of 1971 );

"the Regulations of 1973" means the Social Welfare (Overlapping Benefits) (Amendment) Regulations, 1973 ( S.I. No. 237 of 1973 );

"widow's (contributory) pension" means a widow's (contributory) pension under the Act;

"widow's (non-contributory) pension" means a widow's (non-contributory) pension under the Widow's and Orphans' Pensions Acts, 1935 to 1974;

"unemployability supplement" means unemployability supplement as defined in section 1 of the Act of 1966;

"deserted wife's allowance" means a deserted wife's allowance under section 22 of the Act of 1970;

"deserted wife's benefit" means deserted wife's benefit under the Act, as inserted by section 17 of the Act of 1973;

"unmarried mother's allowance" means a social assistance allowance under section 8 of the Act of 1973;

"single women's allowance" means an allowance under section 8 of the Act of 1974;

"prisoner's wife's allowance" means an allowance under section 9 of the Act of 1974;

"child's (non-contributory) allowance" means a child's (non-contributory) allowance under the Widow's and Orphans' Pensions Acts, 1935 to 1974;

"an increase of pension under the Old Age Pensions Acts for an adult dependant" means an increase of such pension in respect of a wife or husband under subsection (2) (inserted by the Act of 1964) of section 77 of the Act;

"increase in respect of a qualified child or children" means, in relation to prisoner's, wife's allowance, so much of such allowance as would be payable to a woman in respect of a qualified child or children if the woman were a widow and the allowance a widow's (non-contributory) pension. 3. Sub-articles (1), (2), (3) and (4) of article 4 of the Principal Regulations (substituted by the Regulations of 1973) are hereby amended by—

( a ) (i) the insertion in sub-article (1) after paragraph ( f ) of the following:—

"or

(g) prisoner's wife's allowance";

(ii) the insertion in sub-article (1) after the words "or maternity allowance" of the words "or unemployability supplement (excluding any increase under section 11 of the Act of 1966)";

( b ) (i) the substitution in sub-article (2) for the words "specified at (a) to ( f )"of the words "specified at (a) to (g)";

(ii) the insertion...