S.I. No. 214/1994 -- Social Welfare (Supplementary Welfare Allowance) Regulations, 1994.
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S.I. No. 214/1994: SOCIAL WELFARE (SUPPLEMENTARY WELFARE ALLOWANCE) REGULATIONS, 1994. |
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SOCIAL WELFARE (SUPPLEMENTARY WELFARE ALLOWANCE) REGULATIONS, 1994. |
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The Minister for Social Welfare, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 4 and 243 of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1993 (No. 27 of 1993), hereby makes the following Regulations:-- |
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1. These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Supplementary Welfare Allowance) Regulations, 1994. |
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2. In these Regulations "the Principal Act" means the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1993 . |
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3. Paragraph (i) of Rule 1 (4) of Part II of the Third Schedule to the Principal Act shall apply, without modification, to the calculation of weekly means for the purposes of ascertaining a person's entitlement to supplementary welfare allowance pursuant to section 117 of the said Act. |
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4. In calculating the weekly means of a person for supplementary welfare allowance pursuant to section 177 of the Principal Act, there shall be included in the list of exclusions set out in Rule 1 (1) of Part III of the Third Schedule of the said Act the following paragraph: |
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"(k) any income arising from a grant or allowance in pursuance of a scheme for promoting the welfare of the blind prepared under section 2 of the Blind Persons Act, 1920.". |
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GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare, this 12th day of July, 1994. |
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MICHAEL WOODS, |
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Minister for Social Welfare. |
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EXPLANATORY NOTE. |
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These Regulations provide that the Blind Welfare Allowance will not be taken into account in calculating means for the purposes of ascertaining a person's entitlement to Supplementary Welfare Allowance. |
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