Social Welfare Act, 1988

Family Income Supplement.

5.—(1) Section 232B (inserted by section 13 of the Social Welfare Act, 1984 ) of the Principal Act is hereby amended by—

(a) the substitution in paragraph (a) for “£104” (inserted by section 4 of the Act of 1987) of “£108”, and

(b) the substitution for paragraph (b) (amended by the said section 4) of the following paragraph:

“(b) in the case of a family which includes more than one child, £108 increased by—

(i) £23 for each additional child up to and including the fifth child, or

(ii) such amounts as may be prescribed for each additional child up to and including such number of children as may be prescribed.”.

(2) Section 232C(2) (inserted by section 13 of the Social Welfare Act, 1984 ) of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for paragraph (b) (amended by section 4 of the Act of 1987) of the following paragraph:

“(b) in the case of a family which includes more than one child, £16 increased by—

(i) £7 for each additional child up to and including the fifth child, or

(ii) such rates as may be prescribed for each additional child up to and including such number of children as may be prescribed.”.

(3) Subsection (1) of this section shall apply to any claim for family income supplement which is received on or after the 28th day of July, 1988.