Social Welfare Act, 1987

Social insurance benefits (new rates).

2.—(1) The Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for Parts I to IV (inserted by the Act of 1986) of the Second Schedule thereto of the Parts set out in Schedule A to this Act.

(2) This section shall come into operation—

(a) in so far as it relates to unemployment benefit, on the 16th day of July, 1987,

(b) in so far as it relates to disability benefit, maternity allowance, injury benefit, disablement gratuity and disablement pension, on the 20th day of July, 1987,

(c) in so far as it relates to deserted wife's benefit, invalidity pension and retirement pension, on the 23rd day of July, 1987, and

(d) 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 24th day of July, 1987.