Social Welfare Act, 1986

Social assistance payments (new rates).

3.—(1) The Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for Parts I and III (inserted by the Act of 1985) of the Fourth Schedule thereto of the Parts set out in Schedule C to this Act.

(2) This section shall come into operation—

(a) in so far as it relates to unemployment assistance, on the 9th day of July, 1986,

(b) in so far as it relates to deserted wife's allowance, prisoner's wife's allowance, social assistance allowance and single woman's allowance, on the 17th day of July, 1986,

(c) in so far as it relates to old age pension, blind pension, widow's (non-contributory) pension and orphan's (non-contributory) pension, on the 18th day of July, 1986, and

(d) in so far as it relates to supplementary welfare allowance, on the 14th day of July, 1986.