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5 1992

SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1992

PART I

Preliminary

Short title, construction and collective citation.

1. —(1) This Act may be cited as the Social Welfare Act, 1992.

(2) The Social Welfare Acts, 1981 to 1991, and this Act, other than Part X shall be construed together as one and may be cited together as the Social Welfare Acts, 1981 to 1992.

Definitions.

2. —In this Act—

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

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

“the Act of 1990” means the Social Welfare Act, 1990 ;

“the Act of 1991” means the Social Welfare Act, 1991 ;

“the Pensions Act” means the Pensions Act, 1990 .