Social Welfare (Covid-19) (Amendment) Act 2020

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Number 12 of 2020

SOCIAL WELFARE (COVID-19) (AMENDMENT) ACT 2020

CONTENTS

PART 1

Preliminary and General

1. Short title and construction

2. Operation of section 8

3. Definition

PART 2

Amendments to Principal Act

4. Amendment of section 2 of Principal Act

5. Amendment of section 4 of Principal Act

6. Amendment of section 7 of Principal Act

7. Amendment of section 21 of Principal Act

8. Attribution of contributions in respect of certain payments made to address the effects of Covid-19

9. Amendment of section 39 of Principal Act

10. Amendment of section 40 of Principal Act

11. Covid-19 pandemic unemployment payment

12. Amendment of section 241 of Principal Act

13. Amendment of Schedule 2 to Principal Act

Acts Referred to

Emergency Measures in the Public Interest (Covid-19) Act 2020 (No. 2)

Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (No. 26)

Number 12 of 2020

SOCIAL WELFARE (COVID-19) (AMENDMENT) ACT 2020

An Act to amend and extend the Social Welfare Acts; to provide for a new benefit to mitigate the adverse economic effects of the spread of the disease known as Covid-19; to provide for the attribution of paid social insurance contributions in respect of payments arising directly from the economic impacts of that disease; and to provide for related matters

[5th August, 2020]

Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: