Social Welfare Act, 1971

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Amendment of Social Welfare (Occupational Injuries) Act, 1966.

15.—(1) The Social Welfare (Occupational Injuries) Act, 1966 , is hereby amended as follows:

(a) in section 8 (3) (a) “five pounds and fifty new pence” shall be substituted for “five pounds” (inserted by the Act of 1970),

(b) in section 8 (3) (b) “seven pounds and fifty new pence” shall be substituted for “seven pounds” (inserted by the Act of 1970),

(c) in section 9 (7) (a) “five hundred and twenty pounds” shall be substituted for “four hundred and eighty pounds” (inserted by the Act of 1970),

(d) in TABLE I annexed to section 9 (8) “£7.50” shall be substituted for “£7”, “£6.75” for “£6 6s”, “£6” for “£5 12s”, “£5.25” for “£4 18s”, “£4.50” for “£4 4s”, “£3.75” for “£3 10s”, “£3” for “£2 16s”, “£2.25” for “£2 2s” and “£1.50” for “£1 8s” (inserted by the Act of 1970),

(e) in TABLE II annexed to section 9 (8) “£5.50” shall be substituted for “£5”, “£4.95” for “£4 10s”, “£4.40” for “£4”, “£3.85” for “£3 10s”, “£3.30” for “£3”, “£2.75” for “£2 10s”, “£2.20” for “£2”, “£1.65” for “£1 10s” and “£1.10” for “£1” (inserted by the Act of 1970),

(f) in section 9 (9) (b) (ii) “£1.50” shall be substituted for “£1 8s” and “£1.10” for “£1” (inserted by the Act of 1970),

(g) in section 10 (1) “three pounds and forty-five new pence” shall be substituted for “three pounds and three shillings” (inserted by the Act of 1970),

(h) in section 12 (1) (a) “three pounds and ninety new pence” shall be substituted for “three pounds and twelve shillings” (inserted by the Act of 1970),

(i) in section 12 (1) (b) “four pounds and ninety-five new pence” shall be substituted for “four pounds and ten shillings” (inserted by the Act of 1970),

(j) in section 13 (1) “£2.75” shall be substituted for “forty shillings”,

(k) in section 15 (1) (a) (i) “five pounds and fifty new pence” shall be substituted for “five pounds” (inserted by the Act of 1970),

(l) in section 15 (1) (a) (ii) “seven pounds and fifty new pence” shall be substituted for “seven pounds” (inserted by the Act of 1970),

(m) in section 17 (2) “seven pounds” shall be substituted for “six pounds” (inserted by the Act of 1970),

(n) in section 1.8 (2) “seven pounds” shall be substituted for “six pounds” (inserted by the Act of 1970),

(o) in section 18 (3) “three hundred and sixty-five pounds” shall be substituted for “three hundred and fifteen pounds” (insenrted by the Act of 1970),

(p) in section 19 “one pound” shall be substituted for “eighteen shillings” (inserted by the Act of 1970) and “one pound” shall be substituted for “thirteen shillings” (inserted by the Act of 1970),

(q) in section 20 “two pounds and fifty new pence” shall be substituted for “two pounds” (inserted by the Act of 1970) in each place where it occurs and “seven pounds” shall be substituted for “six pounds” (inserted by the Act of 1970) in each place where it occurs,

(r) in section 21 (2) “three pounds and sixty new pence” shall be substituted for “three pounds and five shillings” (inserted by the Act of 1970),

(s) in section 22 “sixty pounds” shall be substituted for “fifty pounds” in each place where it occurs,

(t) in section 25 (3) (a) “one pound and ten new pence” shall be substituted for “one pound” (inserted by the Act of 1970),

(u) in section 25 (3) (b) “one pound and fifty new pence” shall be substituted for “one pound and eight shillings” (inserted by the Act of 1970).

(2) Subsection (1) of this section shall come into operation on the 4th day of October, 1971.