Social Welfare Act, 1952

Amendment of section 10 of Principal Act.

94.—(1) In subsection (3) of section 10 of the Principal Act—

(I) the following paragraph shall be substituted for paragraph (a):—

“(a) that he is at the date of the application resident in the State and has at any time been resident in the State for a continuous period of at least six months;”

(II) the following paragraph shall be substituted for paragraph (c):—

“(c) that his means, calculated in accordance with this Act, do not exceed, in case he is resident in an urban area, ninety-eight pounds and sixteen shillings or, in case he is resident elsewhere in the State, seventy-two pounds and sixteen shillings per annum;”.

(2) Subsection (1) of this section shall come into operation on the 25th day of June, 1952.