S.I. No. 564/2009 - Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) (Amendment) (No. 8) (Prescribed Time) Regulations, 2009
SOCIAL WELFARE (CONSOLIDATED CLAIMS, PAYMENTS AND CONTROL) (AMENDMENT) (NO. 8) (PRESCRIBED TIME) REGULATIONS, 2009 | ||
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in | ||
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 5th January, 2010. | ||
The Minister for Social and Family Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred on her by sections 4 (as amended by the Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Act 2006 (No. 5 of 2006)) and 108(2) (as amended by section 11 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2008 (No. 2 of 2008)) of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (No. 26 of 2005), hereby makes the following Regulations: | ||
Citation and construction. | ||
1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) (Amendment) (No. 8) (Homemakers) (Prescribed Time) Regulations 2009. | ||
(2) These Regulations and the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 142 of 2007 ) shall be construed together as one and may be cited as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations 2007 to 2009. | ||
Prescribed time for making application to be regarded as a homemaker. | ||
2. The Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 142 of 2007 ) are amended in article 183 by substituting the following for sub-article (2): | ||
“(2) Where a person has commenced as a homemaker on or after 6 April 1994 and not later than 31 December 2009, an application to be regarded as a homemaker shall be made not later than 31 December 2010.”. | ||
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GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, | ||
21 December 2009. | ||
MARY HANAFIN, | ||
Minister for Social and Family Affairs. | ||
EXPLANATORY NOTE | ||
(This Note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.) | ||
These regulations provide for the extension of the time limit within which an application to become a homemaker for the purposes of State Pension (Contributory) may be made. The new registration deadline for an applicant, who commenced homemaking during the period 6 April 1994 to 31 December 2009, is 31 December 2010. |
