Updated to 16 September 2025 (Act No. 10 of 2025 and S.I. No. 432 of 2025)
All effects below are reflected in the most recent Revised Act.
Contents
Commencement
| Section | Commencement/Effective Date Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
|
Commencement Information |
|---|---|---|
| Ss. 1, 2 | 28 June 2013 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 3 | 27 October 2013 | Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 (Section 3) (Commencement) Order 2013 (S.I. No. 404 of 2013), art. 2. |
| Ss. 4-7 | 28 June 2013 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 8 | 9 September 2013 | Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 (Section 8) (Commencement) Order 2013 (S.I. No. 339 of 2013), art. 2. |
| S. 9 | 28 June 2013 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 10 | 4 July 2013 | Commenced as per s. 10(3) |
| Ss. 11-14 | 28 June 2013 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 15 | 30 September 2013 | Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 (Section 15) (Commencement) Order 2013 (S.I. No. 369 of 2013), art. 2 |
| Ss. 16-21 | 28 June 2013 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 22(a) | 28 June 2013 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 22(b) | 7 March 2014 | Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 (Sections 22(b), 26, 27, 28, 29 and 34) (Commencement) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 103 of 2014), art. 2 |
| Ss. 23-25 | 28 June 2013 | Commenced on enactment |
| Ss. 26-29 | 7 March 2014 | Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 (Sections 22(b), 26, 27, 28, 29 and 34) (Commencement) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 103 of 2014), art. 2 |
| Ss. 30-33 | 28 June 2013 | Commenced on enactment |
| S. 34 | 7 March 2014 | Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013 (Sections 22(b), 26, 27, 28, 29 and 34) (Commencement) Order 2014 (S.I. No. 103 of 2014), art. 2 |
| Sch. | 28 June 2013 | Commenced on enactment |
Amendments and other effects
| How Affected | Affecting Provision | Affecting Provision Commencement/Effective Date
Where the commencement and effective dates differ, the effective date is shown below.
|
Commencement Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| S. 17 references to “family income supplement” construed as a reference to “working family payment” | 38/2017, s. 8(2) | 1 January 2018 | Commenced as per s. 8(3) |
| S. 33 deleted | Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Act 2017 (22/2017), s. 1(2), s. 5(1), sch. 1, pt. 1 | 1 January 2018 | Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Act 2017 (Commencement) Order 2017 (S.I. No. 524 of 2017), art. 2 |
SIs made under the Act
| Section | SIs made under the Act |
|---|---|
| None |