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Social Welfare Act, 1972
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Increase of certain rates of unemployment benefit.

4.—(1) In the Table to section 5 (2) of the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1967 , for the rates set forth therein (inserted by the Act of 1971) there are hereby substituted the rates set forth in the Table to this subsection.

TABLE

Class of Person

Weekly Rate

Increase for adult dependant (where payable)

Increase for qualified child or for each of two qualified children (where payable)

Increase for each qualified child in excess of two (where payable)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

Person entitled to an increase in respect of a qualified child but not entitled to an increase in respect of an adult dependant

£4·50

—

£1·15

£0·75

Any other person

£4·35

£3·40

£1·15

£0·75

(2) Subsection (1) of this section shall come into operation on the 3rd day of August, 1972.