Social Welfare Act 2024
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Social assistance payments – new rates | ||
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17. (1) Schedule 4 (amended by section 19 of the Act of 2023) to the Principal Act is amended by the substitution of the Parts set out in Schedule 2 for Parts 1 to 3 of Schedule 4. | ||
(2) This section comes into operation— | ||
(a) in so far as it relates to— | ||
(i) jobseeker’s allowance (other than where payable in accordance with section 148A of the Principal Act), and | ||
(ii) farm assist, | ||
on 25 December 2024, | ||
(b) in so far as it relates to supplementary welfare allowance, on 6 January 2025, | ||
(c) in so far as it relates to disability allowance, on 1 January 2025, | ||
(d) in so far as it relates to— | ||
(i) one-parent family payment (other than where payable in respect of a widow, widower or surviving civil partner), | ||
(ii) jobseeker’s allowance payable in accordance with section 148A of the Principal Act, | ||
(iii) a payment referred to in paragraph (b) or (c) of the definition of “relevant payment” in section 178(1) of the Principal Act, and | ||
(iv) carer’s allowance, | ||
on 2 January 2025, and | ||
(e) in so far as it relates to— | ||
(i) State pension (non-contributory), | ||
(ii) blind pension, | ||
(iii) guardian’s payment (non-contributory), | ||
(iv) widow’s (non-contributory) pension, | ||
(v) widower’s (non-contributory) pension, | ||
(vi) surviving civil partner’s (non-contributory) pension, and | ||
(vii) one-parent family payment (payable in respect of a widow, widower or surviving civil partner), | ||
on 3 January 2025. |