Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 2002

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Number 8 of 2002

SOCIAL WELFARE (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT, 2002

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

Amendments to the Social Welfare Acts

Section
1.	Definitions.
2.	Child benefit (new rates).
3.	Respite care grant — increase.
4.	Widowed parent grant — amount of grant.
5.	Disability benefit — linking provisions.
6.	Unemployment assistance and pre-retirement allowance — linking provisions.
7.	Qualified child — extension to end of academic year.
8.	Disability allowance — amendment of rounding provision.
9.	Maternity and adoptive benefit — amendment to contribution conditions.
10.	Amendments consequential on the alignment of the income tax year with the calendar year.
11.	PRSI arrangements for certain personal pensions.
12.	Personal public service number — extension of provisions.
13.	Social Insurance Fund — expenditure on benefit.
14.	Contributions — application of Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997.
15.	Carer's benefit — improvement.

PART 2

Miscellaneous Amendments

16.	Miscellaneous amendments.

PART 3

Short Title, Construction and Commencement

17.	Short title, construction and commencement.

SCHEDULE

Miscellaneous Amendments Effected by Section 16

PART 1

Amendment of Combat Poverty Agency Act, 1986

PART 2

Amendment of Charities Act, 1961

PART 3

Amendment of Health Contributions Act, 1979

PART 4

Amendment of Registration of Births and Deaths (Ireland) Act, 1863

PART 5

Amendment of Births and Deaths Registration Act (Ireland), 1880

PART 6

Amendment of Registration of Births Act, 1996

PART 7

Amendment of Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1844

PART 8

Amendment of Registration of Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1863

PART 9

Amendment of Vital Statistics and Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1952

PART 10

Amendment of Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act, 1976

Acts Referred to
	Births and Deaths Registration Act (Ireland), 1880	43 & 44 Vict., c. 13
	Births and Deaths Registration Acts, 1863 to 1996
	Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1972	1972, No. 25
	Charities Act, 1961	1961, No. 17
	Charities Act, 1973	1973, No. 13
	Combat Poverty Agency Act, 1986	1986, No. 14
	Courts and Court Officers Act, 1995	1995, No. 31
	Family Law (Maintenance of Spouses and Children) Act, 1976	1976, No. 11
	Health Contributions Act, 1979	1979, No. 4
	Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1844	7 & 8 Vict., c. 81
	Registration of Births Act, 1996	1996, No. 36
	Registration of Births and Deaths (Ireland) Act, 1863	26 & 27 Vict., c. 11
	Registration of Marriages (Ireland) Act, 1863	26 & 27 Vict., c. 90
	Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1993	1993, No. 27
	Social Welfare Act, 1996	1996, No. 7
	Social Welfare Act, 1997	1997, No. 10
	Social Welfare Act, 1998	1998, No. 6
	Social Welfare Act, 1999	1999, No. 3
	Social Welfare Act, 2000	2000, No. 4
	Social Welfare Act, 2001	2001, No. 5
	Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997	1997, No. 39
	Vital Statistics and Births, Deaths and Marriages Registration Act, 1952	1952, No. 8

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Number 8 of 2002

SOCIAL WELFARE (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT, 2002

AN ACT TO AMEND AND EXTEND THE SOCIAL WELFARE ACTS, THE CHARITIES ACT, 1961, THE COMBAT POVERTY AGENCY ACT, 1986, THE HEALTH CONTRIBUTIONS ACT, 1979, THE BIRTHS AND DEATHS REGISTRATION ACTS, 1863 TO 1996, THE MARRIAGES (IRELAND) ACT, 1844, THE REGISTRATION OF MARRIAGES (IRELAND) ACT, 1863, THE FAMILY LAW (MAINTENANCE OF SPOUSES AND CHILDREN) ACT, 1976, AND THE VITAL STATISTICS AND BIRTHS, DEATHS AND MARRIAGES REGISTRATION ACT, 1952.

[27th March, 2002]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS:

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