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Social insurance benefits - new rates
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18. (1) Schedule 2 (amended by section 12 of the Act of 2017) to the Principal Act is amended by the substitution of the Parts set out in Schedule 2 for Parts 1 to 4 of Schedule 2 to the Principal Act.
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(2) This section comes into operation—
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(a) in so far as it relates to jobseeker’s benefit, on 21 March 2019,
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(b) in so far as it relates to—
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(i) illness benefit,
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(ii) health and safety benefit, and
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(iii) injury benefit,
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on 25 March 2019,
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(c) in so far as it relates to—
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(i) carer’s benefit,
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(ii) invalidity pension, and
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(iii) a payment referred to in paragraph (a) of the definition of “relevant payment” in section 178(1) of the Principal Act,
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on 28 March 2019, and
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(d) in so far as it relates to—
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(i) death benefit under Chapter 13 (other than section 84) of the Principal Act,
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(ii) widow’s (contributory) pension,
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(iii) widower’s (contributory) pension,
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(iv) surviving civil partner’s (contributory) pension,
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(v) State pension (contributory),
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(vi) guardian’s payment (contributory),
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(vii) disablement pension, and
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(viii) disablement gratuity,
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on 29 March 2019.
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