(1) The Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 is amended in Part 4A (inserted by section 28 of the Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Act 2006) -

(a) in section 223A (substituted by section 21 of the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008) by substituting "5 years" for "5 years and 6 months", and

(b) in section 223B (as so substituted) -

(i) in subsection (1) by substituting "€996" for "€1,104" and "€83" for "€92",

(ii) in subsection (2) by substituting "5 years" for "5 years and 6 months", and

(iii) in subsection (3) by substituting "5 years" for "5 years and 6 months",

and sections 223A and 223B, as so amended, are set out in the Table to this section.

(2) This section comes into operation, or is to be taken to have come into operation, on 1 March 2009.

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