S.I. No. 339/2013 - Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 (Section 8) (Commencement) Order 2013.

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 6th September, 2013.

I, JOAN BURTON, Minister for Social Protection, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 1 (5) of the Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 (No. 20 of 2013), hereby order as follows:

1. This Order may be cited as the Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 (Section 8) (Commencement) Order 2013.

2. The 9th day of September 2013 is appointed as the day on which section 8 of the Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 (No. 20 of 2013) comes into operation.

GIVEN under my Official Seal,

2 September 2013.

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.)

Section 8 of the Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 amends the conditions of entitlement applying to the Partial Capacity Benefit scheme to enable decisions relating to whether or not a claimant has a restriction on his or her capacity for work and the level of that restriction to be appealed to the Social Welfare Appeals Office.

This Order provides for the commencement of the provisions of section 8 of the Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 with effect from 9 September 2013.