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Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Act 2006 (No. 5)Introductory TextActs Referred toPart 1 Short Title, Construction, Collective Citation and Commencement (s. 1)1. Short title, construction, collective citation and commencement.Part 2 Amendments to the Social Welfare Acts (ss. 2-37)2. Definition (Part 2).3. Child benefit - new rates.4. Renaming of certain social welfare schemes.5. Reckonable income - amendment to definition.6. Rates of self-employed contributions and related matters.7. Carer's benefit - extension of duration of payment.8. Decision by deciding officer - homemakers.9. Old age (contributory) pension - improvement.10. Conditions for receipt of old age (contributory) pension - amendment.11. Old age contributory pension - automatic entitlement for invalidity pension recipients.12. Old age (contributory) pension - automatic entitlement for retirement pension recipients.13. Retirement pension - improvement.14. Conditions for receipt of retirement pension - amendment.15. Pre-retirement allowance - payment of allowance.16. State pension (non-contributory).17. State pension (non-contributory) - consequential amendments to Principal Act.18. Amendment to widowed parent grant.19. Amendment to description of social assistance.20. Blind pension - amendments.21. Amendment to widow's (non-contributory) pension and widower's (non-contributory) pension.22. Amendment to one-parent family payment.23. Amendment to transitional provisions - relevant payments.24. State pension (non-contributory) - assessment of means.25. Assessment of means - insertion of new Part 5.26. Orphan's (non-contributory) pension - amendment.27. One-parent family payment - increase in income threshold.28. Early childcare supplement - provision.29. Early childcare supplement - consequential amendments to Principal Act.30. Respite care grant - increase in rate.31. Family income supplement - improvement.32. Provisions relating to entitlement - amendment.33. Means assessment - amendments.34. Supplementary welfare allowance - improvement in means assessment.36. Recovery of payments from financial institutions - amendment.37. Miscellaneous amendments to Principal Act.35. Personal public service number - additional specified bodies.Part 3 Amendments to the Pensions Act 1990 (ss. 38-44)38. Definition (Part 3).39. Notice of intention by Pensions Authority to prosecute.40. Indemnity.41. Index-linked benefits.43. Functions of Pensions Ombudsman.44. Miscellaneous amendments to Principal Act.42. Review of actuarial work.Part 4 Miscellaneous Amendments to other Acts (ss. 45-48)45. Amendment to Combat Poverty Agency Act 1986.46. Amendment to Freedom of Information Act 1997.47. Amendment to Taxes Consolidation Act 1997.48. Amendment to Carer's Leave Act 2001.Schedule 1 Renaming of certain Social Welfare SchemesSchedule 2 Rates of AssistanceSchedule 3 State Pension (non-contributory) - Consequential Amendments to Principal ActSchedule 4 State Pension (non-contributory) - Assessment of MeansSchedule 5 Blind pension, widow's (non-contributory) pension, widower's (non-contributory) pension and orphan's (non-contributory) pension, one-parent family payment and carer's allowance - Assessment of MeansSchedule 6 Early Childcare Supplement - Consequential Amendments to Principal ActSchedule 7 Miscellaneous Amendments to Principal ActSchedule 8 Miscellaneous Amendments to Pensions Act 1990Schedule 9 Amendments to Carer's Leave Act 2001
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Version date: 24 March 2006 - onwards