S.I. No. 94/1978:

SOCIAL WELFARE (DESERTED WIFE'S BENEFIT) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1978.

SOCIAL WELFARE (DESERTED WIFE'S BENEFIT) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1978.

The Minister for Social Welfare, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 3 of the Social Welfare Act, 1952 (No. 11 of 1952) and section 28C of the said Act (inserted therein by section 17 of the Social Welfare Act, 1973 (No. 10 of 1973)), hereby makes the following Regulations:--

1. These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Deserted Wife's Benefit) (Amendment) Regulations, 1978.

2. These Regulations and the Social Welfare (Deserted Wife's Benefit) Regulations, 1973 ( S.I. No. 202 of 1973 ) may be cited collectively as the Social Welfare (Deserted Wife's Benefit) Regulations, 1973 and 1978.

3. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 1st day of April, 1978.

4. Paragraph (1) of article 3 of the Social Welfare (Deserted Wife's Benefit) Regulations, 1973 is hereby amended by the deletion of the words "and shall, during any period of two years, have been so resident."

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare this

29th day of March, 1978.

CHARLES J. HAUGHEY,

Minister for Social Welfare.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations amend the Social Welfare (Deserted Wife's Benefit) Regulations, 1973 by providing that a person applying for deserted wife's benefit does not have to satisfy a residence test.