Social Welfare Act, 1986

Social insurance benefits (new rates).

2.— (1) (a) The Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for Parts I to V (inserted by the Act of 1985) of the Second Schedule thereto of the Parts set out in Schedule A to this Act.

(b) This subsection shall come into operation—

(i) in so far as it relates to unemployment benefit, on the 15th day of May, 1986,

(ii) in so far as it relates to disability benefit, maternity allowance, injury benefit, disablement gratuity and disablement pension, on the 19th day of May, 1986,

(iii) in so far as it relates to deserted wife's benefit, invalidity pension and retirement pension, on the 22nd day of May, 1986, and

(iv) in so far as it relates to death benefit under section 50, 51 or 52 of the Principal Act, old age (contributory) pension, widow's (contributory) pension and orphan's (contributory) allowance, on the 23rd day of May, 1986.

(2) (a) The Principal Act is hereby further amended by the substitution for Parts I to V (inserted by subsection (1) (a) of this section of this Act) of the Second Schedule thereto of the Parts set out in Schedule B to this Act.

(b) This subsection shall come into operation—

(i) in so far as it relates to unemployment benefit, on the 10th day of July, 1986,

(ii) in so far as it relates to disability benefit, maternity allowance, injury benefit, disablement gratuity and disablement pension, on the 14th day of July, 1986,

(iii) in so far as it relates to deserted wife's benefit, invalidity pension and retirement pension, on the 17th day of July, 1986, and

(iv) in so far as it relates to death benefit under section 50, 51 or 52 of the Principal Act, old age (contributory) pension, widow's (contributory) pension and orphan's (contributory) allowance, on the 18th day of July, 1986.