Social Welfare Act, 1989

Social assistance payments (new rates).

4.—(1) The Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for Parts I and III (inserted by section 4 of the Act of 1988) of the Fourth Schedule thereto of the Parts set out in Schedule B to this Act.

(2) This section shall come into operation—

(a) in so far as it relates to unemployment assistance, on the 19th day of July, 1989,

(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 27th day of July, 1989,

(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 28th day of July, 1989,

(d) in so far as it relates to supplementary welfare allowance, on the 24th day of July, 1989,

(e) in so far as it relates to pre-retirement allowance, on the commencement of section 28 of the Act of 1988,

(f) in so far as it relates to widower’s (non-contributory) pension, on the commencement of section 198A (inserted by section 6 (1) (a) of this Act) of the Principal Act, and

(g) in so far as it relates to deserted husband’s allowance, on the commencement of section 198B (inserted by section 6 (1) (b) of this Act) of the Principal Act.