Social welfare act, 1970
Enactment Date | 29 July 1970 |
Act Number | 12 |
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Number 12 of 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Part I | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Preliminary and General | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Part II | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Death Grant, Invalidity Pension, Retirement Pension, Old Age (Care) Allowance and Deserted Wife's Allowance | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Part III | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
MISCELLANEOUS | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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SCHEDULE | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
CONTRIBUTION CONDITIONS (DEATH GRANT, INVALIDITY PENSION, RETIREMENT PENSION) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Number 12 of 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE OLD AGE PENSIONS ACTS, 1908 TO 1969, THE UNEMPLOYMENT ASSISTANCE ACTS, 1933 TO 1969, THE WIDOWS' AND ORPHANS' PENSIONS ACTS, 1935 TO 1969, THE SOCIAL WELFARE (CHILDREN'S ALLOWANCES) ACTS, 1944 TO 1969, AND THE SOCIAL WELFARE ACTS, 1952 TO 1969. [29th July, 1970.] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
PART I Preliminary and General | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Short title, construction and collective citation. |
1.—(1) This Act may be cited as the Social Welfare Act, 1970. |
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(2) This Act— |
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(a) in so far as it amends and extends the Old Age Pensions Acts, 1908 to 1969, shall be construed as one with those Acts and may be cited together with them as the Old Age Pensions Acts, 1908 to 1970, |
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(b) in so far as it amends and extends the Unemployment Assistance Acts, 1933 to 1969, shall be construed as one with those Acts and may be cited together with them as the Unemployment Assistance Acts, 1933 to 1970, |
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(c) in so far as it amends and extends the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Acts, 1935 to 1969, shall be construed as one with those Acts and may be cited together with them as the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Acts, 1935 to 1970, |
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(d) in so far as it amends and extends the Social Welfare (Children's Allowances) Acts, 1944 to 1969, shall be construed as one with those Acts and may be cited together with them as the Social Welfare (Children's Allowances) Acts, 1944 to 1970, |
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(e) in so far as it amends and extends the Social Welfare Acts, 1952 to 1969, shall be construed as one with those Acts and may be cited together with them as the Social Welfare Acts, 1952 to 1970. |
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Interpretation. |
2.—In this Act— |
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“the Act of 1933” means the Unemployment Assistance Act, 1933 ; |
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“the Act of 1935” means the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1935 ; |
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“the Act of 1952” means the Social Welfare Act, 1952 ; |
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“the Act of 1960” means the Social Welfare (Amendment) Act, 1960 ; |
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“the Act of 1963” means the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1963 ; |
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“the Act of 1964” means the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1964 ; |
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“the Act of 1965” means the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1965 ; |
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“the Act of 1966” means the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1966 ; |
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“the Act of 1967” means the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1967 ; |
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“the Act of 1968” means the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1968 ; |
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“the Act of 1969” means the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1969 . |
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PART II Death Grant, Invalidity Pension, Retirement Pension, Old Age (Care) Allowance and Deserted Wife's Allowance. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Commencement of Part II. |
3.—This Part of this Act shall come into operation on the 1st day of October, 1970. |
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Amendment of section 14 of Act of 1952 (descriptions and rates of benefit and contribution conditions). |
4.—Section 14 of the Act of 1952 is hereby amended by the insertion of the following paragraphs after paragraph (h) (inserted by the Social Welfare (Occupational Injuries) Act, 1966 ) of subsection (1): |
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“(i) death grant, |
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(j) invalidity pension, |
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(k) retirement pension.” |
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Death grant. |
5.—The following section is hereby inserted in the Act of 1952 as section 25B: |
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“Death Grant |
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25B. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, a death grant shall be payable, to such person or persons as may be prescribed, on the death of— |
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(a) an insured person, |
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(b) the wife or husband of an insured person, |
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(c) the widow or widower of a deceased insured person, or |
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(d) a qualified child, |
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if the relevant contribution conditions are satisfied, but only one death grant shall be paid by virtue of this section on any one death. |
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(2) For the purposes of this section, item 3 of Part II of the Third Schedule to this Act and paragraph 7 of the Fourth Schedule thereto ‘qualified child’ means a person— |
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(a) who is under the age of eighteen at the date of death, |
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(b) who is ordinarily resident in the State on that date, and |
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(c) in respect of whose death the relevant contribution conditions for death grant are not satisfied by such person's insurance or the insurance of such person's wife or husband.” |
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Invalidity pension. |
6.—The following section is hereby inserted in the Act of 1952 as section 25C: |
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“Invalidity Pension |
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25C. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, a person shall be entitled to invalidity pension if— |
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(a) he is permanently incapable of work, and |
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(b) he satisfies the relevant contribution conditions. |
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(2) The conditions under which a person shall be regarded for the purposes of this section as being permanently incapable of work shall be specified by regulations. |
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(3) Regulations may provide for disqualifying a person for receiving invalidity pension if he fails without good cause to observe any prescribed rules of behaviour.” |
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Retirement pension. |
7.—The following section is hereby inserted in the Act of 1952 as section 25D: |
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“Retirement Pension |
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25D. (1) Subject to the provisions of this Act, a person who has attained the age of sixty-five years shall be entitled to retirement pension for any period of retirement if he satisfies the relevant contribution conditions. |
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(2) The periods which shall be regarded for the purposes of this section as periods of retirement shall be specified by regulations.” |
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Amendment of section 26 of Act of 1952 (increase of benefit for adult dependants). |
8.—Section 26 of the Act of 1952 is hereby amended by the insertion after subsection (4) (inserted by the Act of 1968) of the following subsections: |
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“(5) The weekly rate of invalidity pension shall be increased by the amount set out in column (3) of Part I of the Third Schedule to this Act for— |
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