Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2008

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Number 2 of 2008


SOCIAL WELFARE AND PENSIONS ACT 2008


ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART 1

Preliminary and General

Section

1. Short title, construction, collective citation and commencement.

PART 2

Amendment of Social Welfare Acts

2. Definitions.

3. Child benefit — new rates.

4. Early childcare supplement — increase in rate.

5. Transfer of pension rights to EC institutions scheme.

6. Illness benefit — improvement.

7. State pension (non-contributory) — improvements.

8. One-parent family payment — increase in income limit and amendment.

9. Respite care grant — increase.

10. Detention in legal custody.

11. State pension (contributory) — homemakers.

12. Blind welfare allowance.

13. Blind welfare allowance — consequential amendments.

14. Blind welfare allowance — commencement and transitional.

15. Domiciliary care allowance.

16. Domiciliary care allowance — consequential amendments.

17. Domiciliary care allowance — commencement and transitional.

18. Supplementary welfare allowance.

19. Claims.

20. Payments to persons other than claimant or beneficiary.

21. Provisions with respect to habitual residence.

22. Proceedings.

23. Schedule 3, Part 2.

24. Supplementary welfare allowance — calculation of weekly means.

25. Amendments of Act of 2007.

PART 3

Amendment of Pensions Act 1990

26. Definitions.

27. Registered administrators.

28. Trustee training.

29. Miscellaneous amendments of Pensions Act 1990.

PART 4

Amendment of Other Acts

30. Amendment of Family Law Act 1995.

31. Amendment of Family Law (Divorce) Act 1996.

SCHEDULE 1

Amendments Relating to Supplementary Welfare Allowance

SCHEDULE 2

Formal Amendments of the Pensions Act 1990


Acts Referred to

Blind Persons Act 1920

10 & 11 Geo. 5, c. 49

Children Act 2001

2001, No. 24

Companies Act 1990

1990, No. 33

Criminal Law (Insanity) Act 2006

2006, No. 11

Family Law Act 1995

1995, No. 26

Family Law (Divorce) Act 1996

1996, No. 33

Health Act 1947

1947, No. 28

Health Act 1970

1970, No. 1

Health Contributions Act 1979

1979, No. 4

Lunacy (Ireland) Act 1821

1 & 2 Geo. 4, c. 33

Mental Health Act 2001

2001, No. 25

Pensions (Amendment) Act 1996

1996, No. 18

Pensions (Amendment) Act 2002

2002, No. 18

Pensions Act 1990

1990, No. 25

Pensions Acts 1990 to 2006

Social Welfare Acts

Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2007

2007, No. 8

Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005

2005, No. 26

Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Act 2006

2006, No. 5

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997

1997, No. 39

Trial of Lunatics Act 1883

46 & 47 Vic., c. 38

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Number 2 of 2008


SOCIAL WELFARE AND PENSIONS ACT 2008


AN ACT TO AMEND THE SOCIAL WELFARE ACTS AND THE PENSIONS ACT 1990 AND TO MAKE RELATED AMENDMENTS OF THE FAMILY LAW ACT 1995 AND THE FAMILY LAW (DIVORCE) ACT 1996.

[7th March, 2008]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: