S.I. No. 596/2015 - Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) (Amendment) (No. 7) (Homemakers) Regulations 2015.


Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 5th January, 2016.

I, JOAN BURTON, Minister for Social Protection, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by sections 4 (adapted by the Social and Family Affairs (Alteration of Name of Department and Title of Minister) Order 2010 ( S.I. No. 186 of 2010 )) and 108(2) of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (No. 26 of 2005), hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation and construction

1. (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) (Amendment) (No. 7) (Homemakers) Regulations 2015.

(2) These Regulations and the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations 2007 to 2015 shall be construed together as one and may be cited together as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations 2007 to 2015.

Prescribed time for making application to be regarded as a homemaker

2. Article 183 of the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations 2007 ( S.I. No. 142 of 2007 ) is amended by substituting the following sub-article for sub-article (2) (amended by article 2 of the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) (Amendment) (No. 7) (Homemakers) Regulations 2014 ( S.I. No. 569 of 2014 )):

“(2) Where a person has commenced as a homemaker on or after 6 April 1994 and not later than 31 December 2019, an application to be regarded as a homemaker shall be made not later than 31 December 2020.”.

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GIVEN under my Official Seal,

18 December 2015.

JOAN BURTON,

Minister for Social Protection.

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 registration deadline for applications from people who commence homemaking duties during the period from 6 April 1994 to 31 December 2019 is 31 December 2020.