Social Welfare Act 2004
|
Social assistance payments (new rates). |
3.— (1) The Fourth Schedule to the Principal Act is amended 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 Act of 2003) 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 29 December 2004, | ||
(b) in so far as it relates to supplementary welfare allowance, on 3 January 2005, | ||
(c) in so far as it relates to disability allowance, on 5 January 2005, | ||
(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 Social Welfare Act 1996 , on 6 January 2005, 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 7 January 2005. |