Social Welfare Act, 1996
Amendments consequential on section 13 and repeal. |
15.—(1) The Principal Act is hereby amended by— | |||||||||
(a) the insertion in section 118 (1) after paragraph (j) of the following paragraph: | ||||||||||
“(k) disability allowance.”, and | ||||||||||
(b) the insertion in Part I of the Fourth Schedule (inserted by section 4 of this Act) after the rate of assistance contained at reference 8 of the following rates: | ||||||||||
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(2) Section 210 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by— | ||||||||||
(a) the insertion in the definition of “benefit” in subsection (1) (as amended by section 13 of the Act of 1994) after paragraph (k) of the following paragraph: | ||||||||||
“(kk) disability allowance,”, | ||||||||||
(b) the substitution in paragraph (a) of subsection (2) for “to (k)” of “to(kk)”, and | ||||||||||
(c) the substitution in paragraph (c) (inserted by section 26 of the Act of 1994) of subsection (2) for “and (k)” of “to (kk)”. | ||||||||||
(3) (a) Rule 1 of Part I of the Third Schedule to the Principal Act is hereby amended by— | ||||||||||
(i) the insertion in paragraph (1)(as amended by section 23 of the Act of 1995) before “other than in such circumstances” of “subject to paragraph (1A),” and | ||||||||||
(ii) the insertion after paragraph (1) of the following paragraph: | ||||||||||
“(1A) In the application of paragraph (1) for the purposes of disability allowance, the yearly value of the property shall be calculated as follows: | ||||||||||
(a) the first £2,000 of the capital value of the property shall be excluded, | ||||||||||
(b) the yearly value of the next £20,000 of the capital value of the property shall be assessed at 7.5 per cent., and | ||||||||||
(c) the yearly value of so much of the capital value of the property as exceeds £22,000 shall be assessed at 15 per cent.”. | ||||||||||
(b) Paragraph (2)(as amended by section 23 of this Act) of Rule 1 of Part I of the Third Schedule to the Principal Act is hereby amended by— | ||||||||||
(i) the insertion in subparagraphs (a) and (s) before “all moneys” of “other than in the case of disability allowance,”, | ||||||||||
(ii) the insertion in subparagraph (q) (inserted by section 11 of the No. 2 Act of 1995) before “any moneys” of “other than in the case of disability allowance,”, | ||||||||||
(iii) the insertion in subparagraph (m) before “such amount” of “other than in the case of disability allowance,”, | ||||||||||
(iv) the insertion in subparagraph (p) before “such income” of “other than in the case of disability allowance,”, and | ||||||||||
(v) the insertion after subparagraph (s) of the following subparagraph: | ||||||||||
“(t) in the case of disability allowance— | ||||||||||
(i) any sums received by way of assistance in the maintenance at home of handicapped children under section 61 of the Health Act, 1970 and known as domiciliary care allowance, | ||||||||||
(ii) such amount as may be prescribed of earnings from employment of a rehabilitative nature, | ||||||||||
(iii) such amount as may be prescribed of all moneys earned by his spouse from insurable employment, and | ||||||||||
(iv) such other income as may be prescribed;”. | ||||||||||
(c) Paragraph (4) of Rule 1 of Part I of the Third Schedule to the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for “receipt of unemployment assistance” of “receipt of disability allowance, unemployment assistance”. | ||||||||||
(d) Paragraph (5) of Rule 1 of Part I of the Third Schedule to the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion before “the yearly value” of “other than in the case of disability allowance,”. | ||||||||||
(4) Each provision of the Principal Act mentioned in column (1) of Schedule D to this Act is hereby amended in the manner specified in column (2) of that Schedule opposite the mention of that provision in column (1). | ||||||||||
(5) Section 69 of the Health Act, 1970 , is hereby repealed. |