S.I. No. 345/1990:

SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1990 (PART V) (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1990.

SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1990 (PART V) (COMMENCEMENT) ORDER, 1990.

The Minister for Social Welfare, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 22 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, 1990 (Part V) (Commencement) Order, 1990.

2. Part V of the Social Welfare Act, 1990 shall come into operation on the 1st day of January, 1991.

GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social Welfare

this 24th day of December, 1990.

MICHAEL WOODS,

Minister for Social Welfare.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

This Order brings into effect the provisions of Part V of the Social Welfare Act, 1990 , which provides for certain changes in the social welfare appeals arrangements so as to facilitate the establishment of the new Social Welfare Appeals Office as an executive office of the Department of Social Welfare, with effect from 1 January, 1991.