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Child benefit (new rates, etc.).
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5.—(1) The Fourth Schedule to the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for Part III (inserted by section 5 of the Act of 1995) of the following Part:
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“PART III
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Amounts Of Child Benefit
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Amount for each of first 2 children
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Amount for each child in excess of 2
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(1)
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(2)
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£29
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£34
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”.
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(2) Subsection (1) of this section shall come into operation on the 1st day of September, 1996.
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(3) Section 194 (as amended by section 5 of the Act of 1994) of the Principal Act is hereby amended by—
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(a) the substitution in subsection (4) of “£500” for “£200”,
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(b) the insertion after subsection (6) of the following subsection:
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“(6A) Subject to this Act, a person, other than a person to whom subsection (2) applies, who is qualified for child benefit shall be paid a grant in respect of twins (being qualified children) of £500 on the 4th and 12th anniversary of the birth of the last-born of the twins.”, and
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(c) the insertion in subsection (7) after “subsection (3)” of “or subsection (6A)”.
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(4) Subsection (3) of this section shall apply in the case of twins (being qualified children) who are born or attain the age of 4 years or 12 years, as the case may be, on or after the 1st day of January, 1996.
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(5) Section 192 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection (2) (as amended by section 5 of the Act of 1995) of the following subsection:
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“(2) Notwithstanding subsection (1), a child who resides with a qualified person and such person's spouse while the qualified person or such person's spouse—
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(a) being a member of the Defence Forces or a civil servant in the civil service of the Government or the State, is in the service, outside the State, of the Government, the State or an international organisation,
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(b) is a volunteer development worker, or
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(c) is an insured person employed outside the State in respect of whom employment contributions under Part II are payable in accordance with regulations made under section 25,
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shall be a qualified child for the purposes of this Part.”.
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