S.I. No. 273/1990:

SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1989 (PART III) (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1990.

SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1989 (PART III) (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1990.

The Minister for Social Welfare, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 320 of the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981 (inserted by section 12 of the Social Welfare Act, 1989 (No. 4 of 1989)), sections 12 (3) and 13 (2) of the Social Welfare Act, 1989 and section 16 of the Social Welfare Act, 1990 (No. 5 of 1990), hereby orders as follows:--

1. This Order may be cited as the Social Welfare Act, 1989 (Part III) (Commencement) Order, 1990.

2. Part III of the of the Social Welfare Act, 1989 shall come into operation on the 29th day of November, 1990.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare

this 20th day of November, 1990.

MICHAEL WOODS,

Minister for Social Welfare.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order brings into effect the provisions of Part III of the Social Welfare Act, 1989 , which imposed a liability on the spouses of certain social welfare recipients to contribute towards such payments, from 29th November, 1990.