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S.I. No. 567/2012 - Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) (Amendment) (No. 11) (Homemakers) Regulations 2012.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 1st January, 2013.

I, JOAN BURTON, Minister for Social Protection, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 4 (amended by section 96 of the Ministers and Secretaries (Amendment) Act 2011 (No. 10 of 2011)) and 108(2) of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (No. 26 of 2005), hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation and construction.

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) (Amendment) (No. 11) (Homemakers) Regulations 2012.

(2) These Regulations and the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations 2007 to 2012 shall be construed together as one and may be cited as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations 2007 to 2012.

Prescribed time for making application to be regarded as a homemaker.

2. Article 183 of the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 142 of 2007 ) is amended by substituting the following sub-article for sub-article (2) (amended by article 2 of the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) (Amendment) (No. 10) (Homemakers) Regulations 2011 ( S.I. No. 719 of 2011 )):

“(2) Where a person has commenced as a homemaker on or after 6 April 1994 and not later than 31 December 2012, an application to be regarded as a homemaker shall be made not later than 31 December 2013.”.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

21 December 2012.

JOAN BURTON,

Minister for Social Protection.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This Note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)

These Regulations provide for the extension of the time limit within which an application to become a homemaker for the purposes of State Pension (Contributory) may be made. The registration deadline for applications from people who commence homemaking duties during the period from 6 April 1994 to 31 December 2012 is 31 December 2013.