Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (Increase in Rates) Regulations, 2001
Statutory Instruments
Source: Statutory Instruments

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paragraphs: (1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (Increase in Rates) Regulations, 2001.
(2) These Regulations and the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) Regulations, 1994 to 2000 shall be construed together as one and may be cited together as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) Regulations, 1994 to 2001.
Commencement.
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paragraphs: (1) These Regulations, other than article 9, come into operation -
(a) in so far as they relate to unemployment assistance, pre-retirement allowance and farm assist on 28 March 2001,
(b) in so far as they relate to unemployment benefit, on 29 March 2001,
(c) in so far as they relate to disability benefit, maternity benefit, adoptive benefit, health and safety benefit and injury benefit on 2 April 2001,
(d) in so far as they relate to disability allowance, on 4 April 2001,
(e) in so far as they relate to retirement pension, invalidity pension and a relevant payment by virtue of section 18 (1) (a) of the Social Welfare Act, 1996 , on 5 April 2001, and
(f) in so far as they relate to old age (contributory) pension, widow's and widower's (contributory) pension and unemployability supplement on 6 April 2001.
(2) Article 9 of these Regulations comes into operation -
(a) in so far as it relates to unemployment assistance, pre-retirement allowance and farm assist on 26 December 2001,
(b) in so far as it relates to unemployment benefit, on 27 December 2001,
(c) in so far as it relates to disability benefit, maternity benefit, adoptive benefit, health and safety benefit and injury benefit on 31 December 2001,
(d) in so far as it relates to disability allowance, on 2 January 2002,
(e) in so far as it relates to retirement pension, invalidity pension and a relevant payment by virtue of section 18 (1) (a) of the Social Welfare Act, 1996 , on 3 January 2002, and
(f) in so far as it relates to old age (contributory) pension, widow's and widower's (contributory) pension and unemployability supplement on 4 January 2002.
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 2000” means the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 5) (Increase in Rates) Regulations, 2000 ( S.I. No. 122 of 2000 ),
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 rates - payable with reduced pensions.
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paragraphs: The Principal Regulations are amended by -
(a) the substitution in article 6C (as amended by article 4 of the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 2) (Increase in Rates) (Qualified Adult) Regulations, 1999 ( S.I. No. 164 of 1999 )) for “column (2)” of “column (2) or column (3), as the case may be,”,
(b) the substitution in article 6D (as amended by article 3 of the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 7) (Increase for Qualified Adult) Regulations, 2000 ( S.I. No. 124 of 2000 )) for “Where” of “Subject to articles 38(2) and 41(2), where”,
(c) the substitution in sub-article (1) of article 38 (as amended by article 4 of the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 10) (Pensions) Regulations, 1997 ( S.I. No. 489 of 1997 )) for “in accordance with sub-article (2)” of “in accordance with sub-articles (2), (3) and (4)”,
(d) the substitution in article 38 (as amended by article 4 of the Social Welfare (Consolidated Payments Provisions) (Amendment) (No. 10) (Pensions) Regulations, 1997 ( S.I. No. 489 of 1997 )) for sub-article (2) of the following sub-articles -