Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015

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Miscellaneous amendments to Principal Act

15. (1) Section 2 of the Principal Act is amended, in subsection (1), by the substitution of “section 148A(4) ” for “section 148A(5) ” in paragraph (c) of the definition of “day of unemployment”.

(2) Schedule 3 to the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in Part 1, by the substitution of the following definition for the definition of “maintenance grant”:

“ ‘maintenance grant’ means a grant—

(a) that—

(i) was awarded in accordance with section 2 (amended by section 3 of the Local Authorities (Higher Education Grants) Act 1992 ) of the Local Authorities (Higher Education Grants) Act 1968 , and

(ii) was continued under subsections (2) and (3) of section 6 of the Student Support Act 2011 ,

(b) that—

(i) was awarded pursuant to a scheme administered by a vocational education committee (within the meaning of section 7 of the Vocational Education Act 1930 ) whereby grants were provided to students to assist them in attending courses in higher or further education, and

(ii) was continued under subsections (2) and (3) of section 6 of the Student Support Act 2011 ,

or

(c) that was awarded under a scheme of grants made pursuant to section 16 of the Student Support Act 2011 ;”,

(b) in Rule 1(2)(b)(ix) of Part 2, by the substitution of the following subclauses for subclauses (I) and (II):

“(I) the Rural Environment Protection Scheme and the Agri-Environment Options Scheme administered by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine;

(II) the National Parks and Wildlife Service Farm Plan Scheme administered by the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht,”,

and

(c) in Rule 1(2)(b)(x) of Part 3 (amended by section 24 of, and Schedule 4 to, the Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Act 2006 ), by the substitution of the following subclauses for subclauses (I) and (II):

“(I) the Rural Environment Protection Scheme and the Agri-Environment Options Scheme administered by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine;

(II) the National Parks and Wildlife Service Farm Plan Scheme administered by the Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht,”.