Social Welfare Act, 1992
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Disqualification for entitlement to benefit where person is convicted of an offence. |
44.—(1) Section 115 (1) of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for subparagraph (i) (as amended by section 31 of the Social Welfare Act, 1989 ) of paragraph (f) of the following subparagraph: | |
“(i) A person convicted of an offence under this subsection in relation to a benefit shall be disqualified for the receipt of any benefit, or any assistance (other than supplementary welfare allowance), or family income supplement for a period of 3 months immediately following the date of the conviction and such period of disqualification shall be treated as if it were a period in respect of which any such benefit, assistance or supplement was paid.”. | ||
(2) This section shall not apply where the date of conviction occurs before the commencement of this Act. |