Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in |
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"Iris Oifigiúil" of 12th June, 2012. |
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I, JOAN BURTON, Minister for Social Protection, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 1 (4) of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2010 (No. 37 of 2010), hereby order as follows: |
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1. This Order may be cited as the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2010 (Section 4) (Commencement) Order 2012. |
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2. The 7th day of June 2012 is appointed as the day on which section 4 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2010 (No. 37 of 2010) comes into operation. |
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GIVEN under my Official Seal, |
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6 June 2012. |
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JOAN BURTON, |
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Minister for Social Protection. |
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EXPLANATORY NOTE |
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(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.) |
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This Order provides for the commencement of Section 4 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2010 , with effect from the 7th June 2012. |
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Section 4 enables declarations of unemployment, which are required to prove unemployment for the purposes of claiming jobseeker"s benefit and jobseeker"s allowance, to be made by electronic means in certain cases. |