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 | 
            
            
			
			
					| 
						Ss. 1, 2 | 
					
						21 December 1993 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
					| 
						Ss. 3-10 | 
					
						23 February 1994 | 
					Social Welfare (No. 2) Act 1993 (Part II) (Commencement) Order 1994 (S.I. No. 52 of 1994), art. 2 | 
				
			
					| 
						Ss. 11-15 | 
					
						21 December 1993 | 
					Commenced on enactment | 
				
			
		
		
		Amendments and other effects
		
			
				
					| How Affected | 
					Affecting Provision | 
					
			
			
			
					| 
						Rep. in pt. with transit. provns. | 
					26/2005, ss. 360 (1) (2), 361, 362, 364 (1), sch. 7 | 
					
			
		
		
		SIs made under the Act
		
			| Section | SIs made under the Act | 
			
			
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						None | 
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