Social Welfare Act 2024
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Social insurance benefits – new rates | ||
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16. (1) Schedule 2 (amended by section 17 of the Act of 2023) to the Principal Act is amended by the substitution of the Parts set out in Schedule 1 for Parts 1 to 4 of Schedule 2 to the Principal Act. | ||
(2) This section comes into operation— | ||
(a) in so far as it relates to jobseeker’s benefit and jobseeker’s benefit (self employed), on 26 December 2024, | ||
(b) in so far as it relates to— | ||
(i) illness benefit, | ||
(ii) health and safety benefit, and | ||
(iii) injury benefit, | ||
on 6 January 2025, | ||
(c) in so far as it relates to— | ||
(i) carer’s benefit, | ||
(ii) invalidity pension, and | ||
(iii) a payment referred to in paragraph (a) of the definition of “relevant payment” in section 178(1) of the Principal Act, | ||
on 2 January 2025, and | ||
(d) in so far as it relates to— | ||
(i) death benefit under Chapter 13 (other than section 84) of the Principal Act, | ||
(ii) widow’s (contributory) pension, | ||
(iii) widower’s (contributory) pension, | ||
(iv) surviving civil partner’s (contributory) pension, | ||
(v) State pension (contributory), | ||
(vi) guardian’s payment (contributory), | ||
(vii) disablement pension, and | ||
(viii) disablement gratuity, | ||
on 3 January 2025. |