Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2015

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Number 12 of 2015


SOCIAL WELFARE (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 2015


CONTENTS

PART 1

Preliminary and General

Section

1.Short title, construction and collective citation

PART 2

Amendments to Social Welfare Acts

2. Definitions

3. Definition of medical assessor and consequential amendments

4. Entitlement to carer’s benefit, carer’s allowance and respite care grant

5. Entitlement to jobseeker’s allowance in certain circumstances

6. Entitlement to one-parent family payment

7. Discontinuance of continued payment for qualified children

8. Back to work family dividend

9. Authentication of identity when presenting for payment

10. Opinion of medical assessor

11. Repayment of amounts due arising from false or misleading statements or wilful concealment of facts

12. Statements of recoverable benefits

13. Specified bodies

14. Amendments consequential on back to work family dividend

15. Miscellaneous amendments to Principal Act

PART 3

Amendments to other Acts

16. Amendment of Taxes Consolidation Act 1997

17. Amendment of section 38 of Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003

SCHEDULE

Amendments Consequential on Back to Work Family Dividend


Acts Referred to

Employment Agency Act 1971 (No. 27)

Local Authorities (Higher Education Grants) Act 1968 (No. 24)

Local Authorities (Higher Education Grants) Act 1992 (No. 19)

Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003 (No. 46)

Property Services (Regulation) Act 2011 (No. 40)

Protection of Employees (Temporary Agency Work) Act 2012 (No. 13)

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008 (No. 22)

Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2010 (No. 28)

Social Welfare Act 2012 (No. 43)

Social Welfare Acts

Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 (No. 20)

Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2007 (No. 8)

Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2010 (No. 37)

Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2011 (No. 9)

Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2013 (No. 38)

Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2014 (No. 16)

Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (No. 26)

Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Act 2006 (No. 5)

Student Support Act 2011 (No. 4)

Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 (No. 39)

Vocational Education Act 1930 (No. 29)

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Number 12 of 2015


SOCIAL WELFARE (MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS) ACT 2015


An Act to amend and extend the Social Welfare Acts, to amend the Taxes Consolidation Act 1997 and the Personal Injuries Assessment Board Act 2003 ; and to provide for related matters.

[6 th May, 2015]

Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: