Social Welfare Act, 1984
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PART II Increases and Miscellaneous Amendments | ||
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Social insurance benefits (new rates). |
3.—(1) The Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for Parts I to V of the Second Schedule (inserted by the Act of 1983) of the Parts set out in Schedule A to this Act. | |
(2) This section shall come into operation— | ||
(a) in so far as it relates to disability benefit, unemployment benefit, maternity allowance, deserted wife's benefit, invalidity pension, retirement pension, injury benefit, disablement gratuity and disablement pension, on the 5th day of July, 1984, and | ||
(b) in so far as it relates to death benefit under section 50, 51 or 52 of the Principal Act, old age (contributory) pension, widow's (contributory) pension and orphan's (contributory) allowance, on the 6th day of July, 1984. |