Produced by the Office of the Attorney General
Táirgthe ag Oifig an Ard-Aighne
Number 20 of 2013
SOCIAL WELFARE AND PENSIONS (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 2013
CONTENTS
PART 1
Preliminary and General
Section
1. Short title, construction, collective citations and commencement
PART 2
Amendments to Social Welfare Acts
2. Definitions
3. Amendments consequent upon dissolution of An Foras Áiseanna Saothair
4. Definition of special contributor
5. Elections under Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 relating to charging, collection and recovery of self-employment contributions
6. Contributions by certain employed contributors
7. Civil partnerships and cohabitants
8. Entitlement to partial capacity benefit
9. Retained fire fighters
10. Transition from one-parent family payment to jobseeker’s allowance in certain circumstances
11. Disqualification from receipt of benefit where identity not authenticated
12. Jobseeker’s benefit - refusal or failure to engage with activation measures
13. Jobseeker’s allowance - refusal or failure to engage with activation measures
14. Supplementary welfare allowance - refusal or failure to engage with activation measures
15. Attachment — insertion of Part 11A of Principal Act
16. Excepted employments
17. Amendment of Schedule 3 to Principal Act
18. Amendment of Schedule 5 to Principal Act
19. Miscellaneous amendments to Principal Act
PART 3
Amendments to Civil Registration Act 2004
20. Functions that may be performed by Minister for Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht
PART 4
Amendments to Pensions Act 1990
21. Definition
22. Amendment of section 2 of Principal Act
23. Amendment of section 3 of Principal Act
24. Amendment of section 3C of Principal Act
25. Amendment of section 3D of Principal Act
26. Change of name of Pensions Board and chief executive
27. Amendment of section 15 of Principal Act
28. Amendment of section 24 of Principal Act
29. Pensions Council
30. Amendment of section 50 of Principal Act
31. Direction by Board to trustees to wind up scheme
32. Application to High Court
33. Amendment of section 129 of Principal Act
34. Amendment of First Schedule to Principal Act
SCHEDULE
Miscellaneous Amendments to Principal Act
Acts Referred to
Civil Registration Act 2004 (No. 3)
Civil Registration Acts 2004 to 2012
Companies Act 1963 (No. 33)
Companies Acts
Education Act 1998 (No. 51)
Education and Training Boards Act 2013 (No. 11)
Finance (Local Property Tax) Act 2012 (No. 52)
Fire Services Act 1981 (No. 30)
Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 (No. 22)
Housing Acts 1966 to 2009
Income Tax Acts
Industrial Training Act 1967 (No. 5)
Interpretation Act 2005 (No. 23)
Pensions Act 1990 (No. 25)
Pensions Acts 1990 to 2012
Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008 (No. 22)
Social Welfare Act 2010 (No. 34)
Social Welfare Act 2011 (No. 37)
Social Welfare Act 2012 (No. 43)
Social Welfare Acts
Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2007 (No. 8)
Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2009 (No. 10)
Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2010 (No. 37)
Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2011 (No. 9)
Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2012 (No. 12)
Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (No. 26)
Tax Acts
Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (No. 39)
An Act to amend and extend the Social Welfare Acts, the Civil Registration Act 2004, the Pensions Act 1990 and to provide for related matters. [28th June, 2013]
Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: