Social Welfare Act, 2002
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Social assistance payments (new rates). |
3.—(1) The Principal Act is amended in the Fourth Schedule by substituting the Parts set out in Schedule B to this Act for Parts I, II, IIA, IIB and IIC (inserted by section 3(1) of the No. 2 Act of 2001) of the said Fourth Schedule. | |
(2) This section comes into operation— | ||
(a) in so far as it relates to unemployment assistance, pre-retirement allowance and farm assist, on 25 December 2002, | ||
(b) in so far as it relates to supplementary welfare allowance, on 30 December 2002, | ||
(c) in so far as it relates to disability allowance, on 1 January 2003, | ||
(d) in so far as it relates to one-parent family payment (other than where payable in respect of a widow or widower), carer's allowance and a relevant payment by virtue of section 18(1) (b) or (c) of the Act of 1996, on 2 January 2003, and | ||
(e) in so far as it relates to old age (non-contributory) pension, blind pension, widow's and widower's (non-contributory) pension, one-parent family payment payable in respect of a widow or widower and orphan's (non-contributory) pension, on 3 January 2003. |