Social Welfare and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2024

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Year: 2024
• Citation: IR No. 6/2024

Social Welfare and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2024

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An Act to amend the Social Welfare Acts to exclude assessment of child maintenance payments from social welfare means tests and to repeal the provisions relating to liable relatives; to amend the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023; to make further provision for certain matters relating to persons to whom permission to reside in the State is given under section 60 (6) of the International Protection Act 2015 and, for that purpose, to amend the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 and the International Protection Act 2015; and to provide for related matters.

[5 March 2024]

Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows:

1 Short title, construction and commencement

(1) This Act may be cited as the Social Welfare and Civil Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2024.

(2) The Social Welfare Acts and this Act (other than subsection (5) and Chapter 2 of Part 4) shall be construed together as one Act.

(3) Part 2 shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister may by order or orders appoint either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision and different days may be so appointed for different purposes or different provisions.

(4) Chapter 1 of Part 4 shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister may, following consultation with the Minister for Justice and the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, by order or orders appoint either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision and different days may be so appointed for different purposes or different provisions.

(5) Chapter 2 of Part 4 shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister for Justice may, following consultation with the Minister and the Minister for Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth, by order or orders appoint either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision and different days may be so appointed for different purposes or different provisions.

2 Definitions

2. In this Act—

“Minister” means the Minister for Social Protection;

“Principal Act” means the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005.

3 Definition (Part 2)

3. In this Part, “Act of 2015” means the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015.

4 Amendment of section 2 of Principal Act

4. Section 2 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (1), in the definition of “social welfare inspector”, by the substitution of “8 and 9” for “8, 9 and 12”, and

(b) in subsection (7), by the substitution of “In Part 4 of Schedule 3,” for “Subject to Part 12,”.

5 Amendment of section 250 of Principal Act

5. Section 250 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (1) (amended by section 14 of, and the Schedule to, the Act of 2015), by the substitution of “7A and 8” for “7A, 8 and 12”,

(b) in subsection (2), by the deletion of paragraph (d),

(c) in subsection (7) (amended by section 14 of, and the Schedule to, the Act of 2015), by the substitution of “7A and 8” for “7A, 8 and 12”, and

(d) in subsection (7A) (amended by section 14 of, and the Schedule to, the Act of 2015), by the substitution of “7A and 8” for “7A, 8 and 12”.

6 Amendment of section 300 of Principal Act

6. Section 300(2) of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in paragraph (h), by the substitution of “and insurability), and” for “and insurability),”,

(b) in paragraph (hh), by the substitution of “within the meaning of Part 11B.” for “within the meaning of Part 11B, and”, and

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