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7 1996

SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 1996

PART X

Amendment of Section 5 of Combat Poverty Agency Act, 1986

Deferral of period for submission of strategic plan by combat poverty agency.

44. Section 5 of the Combat Poverty Agency Act, 1986 , is hereby amended by the insertion after subsection (3) of the following subsection:

“(4) Notwithstanding subsection (2), the Minister may, where he considers that the circumstances so warrant, extend, by not more than 6 months, the period within which the Agency is required to draw up and submit for the Minister's approval a strategic plan.”.