Social Welfare Act, 1986

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Number 8 of 1986

SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1986

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Section
1.	Definitions.
2.	Social insurance benefits (new rates).
3.	Social assistance payments (new rates).
4.	Family income supplement.
5.	Amendment of section 73 of Principal Act (pay-related benefit).
6.	Pay-related social insurance contributions (increase in earnings ceiling).
7.	Amendment of section 65 of Principal Act (employment contributions).
8.	Exemption from payment of contributions etc.
9.	Disqualifications for disability benefit, injury benefit or disablement benefit.
10.	Amendment of section 18 of Principal Act (title to benefit).
11.	Weekly rate of maternity allowance.
12.	Amendment of section 39 of Principal Act (extension of meaning of references to accidents arising out of and in the course of employment).
13.	Amendment of section 42 of Principal Act (injury benefit).
14.	Amendment of section 48 of Principal Act (adjustments for successive accidents).
15.	Amendment of section 114 of Principal Act (inspectors).
16.	Amendment of section 143A of Principal Act (appointment and duties of social welfare officers).
17.	Child Benefit.
18.	Financing of health board expenditure.
19.	Amendment of section 29 of Principal Act.
20.	Evidential effect of certificate in prosecutions.
21.	Amendment of section 43 of Principal Act (disablement benefit).
22.	Restriction of provisions requiring laying of draft regulations before Houses of Oireachtas.
23.	Repeals.
24.	Short title, construction and collective citation.

Acts Referred to
Health Act, 1970	1970, No. 1
Health Contributions Act, 1979	1979, No. 4
Protection of Employees (Employers Insolvency) Act, 1984	1984, No. 21
Redundancy Payments Act, 1967	1967, No. 21
Redundancy Payments Act, 1979	1979, No. 7
Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981	1981, No. 1
Social Welfare (Amendment) Act, 1981	1981, No. 3
Social Welfare Act, 1982	1982, No. 2
Social Welfare Act, 1983	1983, No. 6
Social Welfare Act, 1984	1984, No. 5
Social Welfare Act, 1985	1985, No. 5
Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1985	1985, No. 14
Social Welfare Acts, 1981 to 1985
Youth Employment Agency Act, 1981	1981, No. 32

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Number 8 of 1986

SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1986

AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE SOCIAL WELFARE ACTS, 1981 TO 1985. [27th March, 1986]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: