S.I. No. 223/2007 - Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) (Amendment) (No. 3) (Pre-Retirement Allowance) Regulations 2007
S.I. No. 223 of 2007
SOCIAL WELFARE (CONSOLIDATED CLAIMS, PAYMENTS AND CONTROL) (AMENDMENT) (No. 3) (PRE-RETIREMENT ALLOWANCE) REGULATIONS 2007
The Minister for Social and Family Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 4 and 149 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (No. 26 of 2005), hereby makes the following regulations:

1.  (1)  These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) (Amendment) (No. 3) (Pre-Retirement Allowance) Regulations 2007.
(2)  These Regulations shall be construed as one with the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations 2007 and shall be included in the collective citation “the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations 2007”.
Pre-retirement allowance - payment of allowance.
2.  The following article is inserted after article 123, but in Chapter 2, of the Social Welfare (Consolidated Claims, Payments and Control) Regulations 2007 (S.I. No. 142 of 2007):
“Prescribed date for the purposes of section 149(7).
123A.  The date prescribed for the purposes of section 149(7) is 4 July 2007.”.
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GIVEN under the Official Seal of the Minister for Social and Family Affairs, 27 April 2007.
SÉAMUS BRENNAN
Minister for Social and Family Affairs.
EXPLANATORY NOTE
(This Note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation.)
These regulations provide for the phasing out of Pre-Retirement Allowance with effect from 4th July, 2007. From that date new applicants will not be admitted to the scheme. However, those in receipt of the allowance on that date will continue to be paid for the duration of their continuous period of retirement.