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SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1989

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PART I

Preliminary

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Short title, construction and collective citation.

1. —(1) This Act may be cited as the Social Welfare Act, 1989.

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(2) The Social Welfare Acts, 1981 to 1988, and this Act shall be construed together as one and may be cited together as the Social Welfare Acts, 1981 to 1989.

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Definitions.

2. —In this Act—

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“the Act of 1988” means the Social Welfare Act, 1988 ;

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

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“the Social Welfare Acts” means the Principal Act and every enactment, whether passed before or after this Act, which is to be construed with it as one Act.