Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2014

Number 16 of 2014

SOCIAL WELFARE AND PENSIONS ACT 2014

REVISED

Updated to 1 January 2018

This Revised Act is an administrative consolidation of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2014. It is prepared by the Law Reform Commission in accordance with its function under the Law Reform Commission Act 1975 (3/1975) to keep the law under review and to undertake revision and consolidation of statute law.

All Acts up to and including Finance Act 2017 (41/2017), enacted 25 December 2017, and all statutory instruments up to and including Legal Metrology (Measuring Instruments) Act 2017 (Commencement) Order 2018 (S.I. No. 1 of 2018), made 4 January 2018, were considered in the preparation of this Revised Act.

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Number 16 of 2014


SOCIAL WELFARE AND PENSIONS ACT 2014

REVISED

Updated to 1 January 2018




Number 16 of 2014


SOCIAL WELFARE AND PENSIONS ACT 2014

REVISED

Updated to 1 January 2018


An Act to give further effect to Directive 2010/41/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 7 July 2010 1 on the application of the principle of equal treatment between men and women engaged in an activity in a self-employed capacity and for those and other purposes to amend the Social Welfare Acts; to amend the Pensions Act 1990 and to provide for related matters. [17 th July, 2014]

Be it enacted by the Oireachtas as follows: