Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 6) (Qualified Adults and Earnings from Rehabilitative Employment) Regulations 2006
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: (1) These regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No.6) (Qualified Adults and Earnings from Rehabilitative Employment) Regulations 2006.
(2) These regulations and the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions Regulations, 1994 to 2006 shall be construed together as one and may be cited together as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) Regulations 1994 to 2006.
Commencement.
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paragraphs: These regulations come into operation -
(a) in so far as they relate to unemployment assistance, pre-retirement allowance and farm assist, on 3 May 2006,
(b) in so far as they relate to unemployment benefit, on 4 May 2006,
(c) in so far as they relate to disability benefit, adoptive benefit, health and safety benefit and injury benefit, on 8 May 2006,
(d) in so far as they relate to disability allowance, on 27 September 2006,
(e) in so far as they relate to retirement pension, on 28 September 2006,
(f) in so far as they relate to invalidity pension, on 27 July 2006
(g) in so far as they relate to unemployability supplement, on 5 May 2006,
(h) in so far as they relate to old age (contributory) pension, on 29 September 2006, and
(i) Regulations 6 and 7 come into operation on 7 June 2006.
Definitions.
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paragraphs: In these regulations -
“the Principal Regulations” means the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) Regulations 1994 ( S.I. No. 417 of 1994 );
“the Regulations of 2005” means the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No.6) (Increase in Rates) Regulations 2005 ( S.I. No. 880 of 2005 ).
Interpretation.
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paragraphs: In these regulations, save where the context otherwise requires, a reference to a Schedule is to a Schedule to these Regulations.
Qualified adult - amendment to income threshold.
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paragraphs: The Principal Regulations are amended in article 6A (as amended by article 4 of the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (Increase for Qualified Adult Regulations 2000 ( S.I. No. 81 of 2000 )) by substituting “€100” for “£70” in each place where it occurs.
Earnings disregard - blind pension.
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paragraphs: The Principal Regulations are amended by substituting for article 89B (as amended by article 4 of the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment (Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2002 ( S.I. No. 120 of 2002 )) the following:
“89B. In assessing the means of a person for blind pension, the amount to be disregarded in respect of earnings received by that person from employment of a rehabilitative nature shall be the first €120, together with half the weekly earnings in excess of that amount, up to a maximum of €350, from such employment.”.
Earnings disregard - disability allowance.
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paragraphs: The Principal Regulations are amended -
(a) by substituting for article 90A(1) (as amended by article 4 of the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (Miscellaneous Provisions Regulations 2002 ( S.I. No. 120 of 2002 )) the following:
“Disregards - rehabilitative employment.