Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005
F1626[Appointment of deciding officers and designated persons.
299.—(1) The Minister may appoint such and so many persons as he or she thinks proper to be deciding officers for the purposes of any provision or provisions of this Act, and every person so appointed shall be a deciding officer during the pleasure of the Minister.
(2) The Minister may appoint such and so many persons as he or she thinks proper to be designated persons for the purposes of the determination of the entitlement of any person to supplementary welfare allowance and the amount of any such allowance F1627[and the Minister may at any time terminate an appointment under this subsection whether or not the appointment was for a fixed period].]
F1628[(3) An appointment as a designated person under subsection (2) shall cease—
(a) if the Minister terminates the appointment,
(b) if it is made for a fixed period, on the expiry of that period, or
(c) where the person is an officer of the Minister, if that person ceases to be an officer of the Minister.]
Annotations
Amendments:
F1626
Substituted (1.10.2011) by Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2008 (2/2008), s. 18(2) and sch. 1, S.I. No. 496 of 2011.
F1627
Inserted (17.07.2014) by Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2014 (16/2014), s. 15(b)(i), commenced on enactment.
F1628
Inserted (17.07.2014) by Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2014 (16/2014), s. 15(b)(ii), commenced on enactment.
Modifications (not altering text):
C131
Application of section extended and modified (4.06.1998) by Social Welfare (Rent Allowance) Regulations 1998 (S.I. No. 188 of 1998), art. 20 and sch. A, in effect as per art. 2. {Note for the purposes of Interpretation Act 2005 (23/2005), s. 26(2) the provisions of Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (26/2005), s. 299 relate to the same subject-matter as Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act 1993 (27/1993), s. 246.}
Definitions
3. In these Regulations, save where the context otherwise requires—
"the Act of 1993" means the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1993;
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Application of the Act of 1993
20. The provisions of the enactments mentioned in column (1) of Schedule A hereto shall apply to an allowance and in such application shall be modified so that the said provisions shall read as set out in column (2) of the said Schedule.
Schedule A
Article 19
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Section 246 |
246. The Minister may appoint such and so many persons as appropriate to be deciding officers for the purposes of regulations made under section 23 of the Act of 1982, and every person so appointed shall hold office as a deciding officer during the pleasure of the Minister. |
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Editorial Notes:
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Previous affecting provision: section substituted (27.09.2007) by Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2007 (8/2007), s. 34, S.I. No. 268 of 2007; substituted (1.10.2011) as per F-Note above.