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Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2014 (No. 16)Introductory TextActs Referred toPart 1 Preliminary and General (s. 1)1. Short title, construction, collective citations and commencementPart 2 Amendments to Social Welfare Acts (ss. 2-22)2. Definitions3. Payments programmes4. Amendment of definition of share-based remuneration5. Further amendment of section 2(1) of Principal Act6. Return of employment contributions in respect of certain seafarers7. Recovery of redundancy payments8. Absence from State or imprisonment9. Family income supplement - meaning of family10. Entitlement to family income supplement11. Amendments to Principal Act regarding habitual residence12. Amendments to Act of 2008 regarding habitual residence13. Decision of appeals officer to be final and conclusive14. Amendment of section 333A of Principal Act15. Making and termination of appointments16. Recovery of sums due by deduction from certain payments17. Extension of notice of attachment to other State payments18. Discrimination on grounds of age in relation to employment schemes and other schemes and programmes19. Excepted self-employed contributors20. Specified bodies21. Repeals22. Miscellaneous amendments to Principal ActPart 3 Amendments to Pensions Act 1990 (ss. 23-26)23. Definition24. Amendment of section 50 of Act of 199025. Amendment of section 50B of Act of 199026. Amendment of section 50C of Act of 1990
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Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 17 July 2014 - onwards

2. Definitions

In this Part -

"Act of 2007" means the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2007;

"Act of 2008" means the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2008;

"Act of 2013"means the Social Welfare and Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2013;

"Principal Act" means the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005.

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