Social Welfare Act, 1990

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 1989) 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 18th day of July, 1990,

(b) in so far as it relates to pre-retirement allowance, deserted wife's allowance, prisoner's wife's allowance, social assistance allowance, single woman's allowance, widower's (non-contributory) pension and deserted husband's allowance, on the 26th day of July, 1990,

(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 27th day of July, 1990,

(d) in so far as it relates to supplementary welfare allowance, on the 23rd day of July, 1990, and

(e) in so far as it relates to carer's allowance, on the commencement of Chapter 5B (inserted by section 17 of this Act) of the Principal Act.