Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2008
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Social assistance payments (new rates). |
4.— (1) Schedule 4 to the Principal Act (as amended by section 3(1) of the Act of 2007) is amended by substituting the Parts set out in Schedule 2 for Parts 1 to 3 of the said Schedule 4. | |
(2) This section comes into operation— | ||
(a) in so far as it relates to jobseeker’s allowance, pre-retirement allowance and farm assist, on 24 December 2008, | ||
(b) in so far as it relates to supplementary welfare allowance, on 29 December 2008, | ||
(c) in so far as it relates to disability allowance, on 31 December 2008, | ||
(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 payment referred to in paragraph (b) or (c) of the definition of “relevant payment” in section 178 of the Principal Act, on 1 January 2009, and | ||
(e) in so far as it relates to State pension (non-contributory), blind pension, widow’s (non-contributory) pension, widower’s (non-contributory) pension, one-parent family payment payable in respect of a widow or widower and guardian’s payment (non-contributory), on 2 January 2009. |