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Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Act 2006 (No. 5)
Introductory Text
Acts Referred to
Part 1 Short Title, Construction, Collective Citation and Commencement (s. 1)
1. Short title, construction, collective citation and commencement.
Part 2 Amendments to the Social Welfare Acts (ss. 2-37)
2. Definition (Part 2).
3. Child benefit - new rates.
4. Renaming of certain social welfare schemes.
5. Reckonable income - amendment to definition.
6. Rates of self-employed contributions and related matters.
7. Carer's benefit - extension of duration of payment.
8. Decision by deciding officer - homemakers.
9. Old age (contributory) pension - improvement.
10. Conditions for receipt of old age (contributory) pension - amendment.
11. Old age contributory pension - automatic entitlement for invalidity pension recipients.
12. Old age (contributory) pension - automatic entitlement for retirement pension recipients.
13. Retirement pension - improvement.
14. Conditions for receipt of retirement pension - amendment.
15. Pre-retirement allowance - payment of allowance.
16. State pension (non-contributory).
17. State pension (non-contributory) - consequential amendments to Principal Act.
18. Amendment to widowed parent grant.
19. Amendment to description of social assistance.
20. Blind pension - amendments.
21. Amendment to widow's (non-contributory) pension and widower's (non-contributory) pension.
22. Amendment to one-parent family payment.
23. Amendment to transitional provisions - relevant payments.
24. State pension (non-contributory) - assessment of means.
25. Assessment of means - insertion of new Part 5.
26. Orphan's (non-contributory) pension - amendment.
27. One-parent family payment - increase in income threshold.
28. Early childcare supplement - provision.
29. Early childcare supplement - consequential amendments to Principal Act.
30. Respite care grant - increase in rate.
31. Family income supplement - improvement.
32. Provisions relating to entitlement - amendment.
33. Means assessment - amendments.
34. Supplementary welfare allowance - improvement in means assessment.
36. Recovery of payments from financial institutions - amendment.
37. Miscellaneous amendments to Principal Act.
35. Personal public service number - additional specified bodies.
Part 3 Amendments to the Pensions Act 1990 (ss. 38-44)
38. Definition (Part 3).
39. Notice of intention by Pensions Authority to prosecute.
40. Indemnity.
41. Index-linked benefits.
43. Functions of Pensions Ombudsman.
44. Miscellaneous amendments to Principal Act.
42. Review of actuarial work.
Part 4 Miscellaneous Amendments to other Acts (ss. 45-48)
45. Amendment to Combat Poverty Agency Act 1986.
46. Amendment to Freedom of Information Act 1997.
47. Amendment to Taxes Consolidation Act 1997.
48. Amendment to Carer's Leave Act 2001.
Schedule 1 Renaming of certain Social Welfare Schemes
Schedule 2 Rates of Assistance
Schedule 3 State Pension (non-contributory) - Consequential Amendments to Principal Act
Schedule 4 State Pension (non-contributory) - Assessment of Means
Schedule 5 Blind pension, widow's (non-contributory) pension, widower's (non-contributory) pension and orphan's (non-contributory) pension, one-parent family payment and carer's allowance - Assessment of Means
Schedule 6 Early Childcare Supplement - Consequential Amendments to Principal Act
Schedule 7 Miscellaneous Amendments to Principal Act
Schedule 8 Miscellaneous Amendments to Pensions Act 1990
Schedule 9 Amendments to Carer's Leave Act 2001
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