Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2007 (Sections 5, 8, 22, 23 and 28) (Commencement) Order, 2007
Jurisdiction | Ireland |
Citation | IR SI 219/2007 |
S.I. No. 219 of 2007 | |||||
SOCIAL WELFARE AND PENSIONS ACT 2007 (SECTIONS 5, 8, 22, 23 and 28) (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER 2007 | |||||
The Minister for Social and Family Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 1 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2007 (No. 8 of 2007), hereby orders as follows: | |||||
Citation. |
1. This Order may be cited as the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2007 (Sections 5, 8, 22, 23 and 28) (Commencement) Order 2007. |
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Commencement. |
2. (a) The 1st day of May 2007 is appointed as the day on which sections 5, 8 and 28(b) of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2007 (No. 8 of 2007), come into operation. |
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(b) The 3rd day of May 2007 is appointed as the day on which sections 22 and 23 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2007 (No. 8 of 2007), come into operation. | |||||
(c) The 7th day of June is appointed as the day on which section 28(a) of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2007 (No. 8 of 2007), comes into operation. | |||||
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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 Sections 5, 8, 22, 23 and 28 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2007. | |||||
Section 5 provides that where a person, who was in receipt of Illness Benefit for a period of two years, has engaged in employment for less than 26 weeks and finds that he or she is unable to continue to work, re-applies for Illness Benefit, payment will be re-instated without the requirement to serve waiting days, and payment will not be made at a lower rate than that which the person previously received. | |||||
Similarly, section 5 also contains provision for a former recipient of Illness Benefit who transfers to Carer's Benefit or Carer's Allowance and subsequently back to Illness Benefit to receive Illness Benefit at a rate not lower than that previously in payment. | |||||
This Section also provides for a technical amendment in relation to those transferring from Injury Benefit to Illness Benefit and removes an obsolete reference to the term “rules of behaviour”. This section comes into effect from 1 May, 2007. | |||||
Section 8 makes provision for a former recipient of Jobseeker's Benefit who transfers to Carer's Benefit or Carer's Allowance and subsequently back to Jobseeker's Benefit to receive... |
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