Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 16 December 2015 - onwards
1. Short title, construction, collective citations and commencement
(1) This Act may be cited as the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2015.
(2) The Social Welfare Acts and Part 2 shall be construed together as one Act.
(3) The Pensions Acts 1990 to 2014 and Part 3 shall be construed together as one Act and may be cited together as the Pensions Acts 1990 to 2015.
(4) Part 3 shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister for Social Protection may appoint by order or orders either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision, and different days may be so appointed for different purposes or different provisions.