Social Welfare Act, 1996
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Social assistance payments (new rates). |
4.—(1) The Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for Parts I and II (inserted by section 4 of the Act of 1995) of the Fourth Schedule thereto of the Parts set out in Schedule B to this Act. | |
(2) This section shall come into operation— | ||
(a) in so far as it relates to unemployment assistance, on the 5th day of June, 1996, | ||
(b) in so far as it relates to supplementary welfare allowance, on the 10th day of June, 1996, | ||
(c) in so far as it relates to pre-retirement allowance, deserted wife's allowance, prisoner's wife's allowance, lone parent's allowance (other than lone parent's allowance payable in respect of a widow or widower), carer's allowance and prescribed relative allowance, on the 13th day of June, 1996, and | ||
(d) in so far as it relates to old age (non-contributory) pension, blind pension, widow's (non-contributory) pension, lone parent's allowance payable in respect of a widow or widower and orphan's (non-contributory) pension, on the 14th day of June, 1996. |