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Social Welfare and Pensions (No. 2) Act 2009 (No. 43)Introductory TextActs Referred toPart 1 Preliminary and General (ss. 1-2)1. Short title, construction, collective citations and commencement.2. Definitions.Part 2 Amendments to Social Welfare Acts (ss. 3-20)3. Social insurance benefits (new rates).4. Social assistance payments (new rates).5. Working family payment (new weekly rates).6. Jobseeker's allowance - amendments.7. Child benefit (new rates).8. Limitation on return of contributions.9. Amendment to section 110 of Principal Act.10. Amendment to section 128 of Principal Act.11. Amendment to section 138 of Principal Act.12. Supplementary welfare allowance - amendments.13. Amendment to section 197 of Principal Act.14. Weekly or monthly supplements - amendment.15. Amendment to section 246 of Principal Act.16. Social welfare inspectors - amendment.17. Information to be furnished by financial institutions.18. Exchange of information - amendment.19. Schedule 3 - amendment.20. Schedule 5 - amendment.Part 3 Amendment to Act of 1990 (s. 21)21. Amendment to Act of 1990.Schedule 1Schedule 2
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AI Summary of 11. Amendment to section 138 of Principal Act.

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Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 1 January 2010 - onwards
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11. Amendment to section 138 of Principal Act.

(1) Section 138 of the Principal Act is amended by substituting the following subsection for subsection (2):

"(2) The regulations, for the purposes of this section, may specify the payment of the whole or any part of the cost of any of the following:

(a) the carrying out of a dental examination;

(b) the carrying out of an optical examination;

(c) appliances provided under the scheme commonly known as the Medical Appliances Scheme.".

(2) The amendment effected by subsection (1) shall not apply to any treatment or benefit approved on or before 31 December 2009 pursuant to and in accordance with section 138 and regulations made under it.

(3) This section comes into operation on 1 January 2010.

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