Updated to 23 October 2025
			(Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 506 of 2025)
			
	
		
		
		Contents
		
		
		Commencement
		
            
            
                | Section | 
                Commencement/Effective Date 
                    Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below. 
                 | 
                Commencement Information | 
            
            
			
			
					| 
						Whole Act | 
					
						14 June 1952 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
		
		
		Amendments and other effects
		
			
				
					| How Affected | 
					Affecting Provision | 
					
			
			
			
					| 
						Rep. continuance of instrs., etc. | 
					1/1981, ss. 310-312, sch. 6, pt. 2 | 
					
			
		
		
		SIs made under the Act
		
			| Section | SIs made under the Act | 
			
			
					| 
						S. 2 | 
					Social Welfare (Children's Allowances) Act, 1952 (Section 2) Order 1952 (S.I. No. 203 of 1952) | 
				
			
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						S. 5(k) | 
					Social Welfare (Assistance Decisions and Appeals) (Amendment) Regulations 1963 (S.I. No. 127 of 1963) | 
				
			
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						  | 
					Social Welfare (Assistance Decisions and Appeals) (No. 2) Regulations 1953 (S.I. No. 305 of 1953) | 
				
			
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					Social Welfare (Assistance Decisions and Appeals) Regulations 1953 (S.I. No. 9 of 1953) |