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5 1984

SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1984

PART I

Preliminary

Short title, construction and collective citation.

1. —(1) This Act may be cited as the Social Welfare Act, 1984.

(2) The Social Welfare Acts, 1981 to 1983, and this Act shall be construed together as one and may be cited together as the Social Welfare Acts, 1981 to 1984.

Definitions.

2. —In this Act—

the Amendment Act of 1981” means the Social Welfare (Amendment) Act, 1981 ;

the Act of 1983” means the Social Welfare Act, 1983 ;

the Principal Act” means the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981 .