Social Welfare Act, 2000

Child dependants — retention of full-rate increase.

20.—(1) The Principal Act is amended by the substitution in section 245A (inserted by section 15 of the Act of 1995) for subsections (3) and (4) of the following subsection:

“(3) In this section ‘benefit’ means benefit under Part II.”.

(2) This section comes into operation—

(a) in so far as it relates to unemployment assistance and farm assist, on 5 April 2000,

(b) in so far as it relates to unemployment benefit, on 6 April 2000,

(c) in so far as it relates to disability benefit or injury benefit, on 10 April 2000,

(d) in so far as it relates to disability allowance, on 12 April 2000,

(e) in so far as it relates to pre-retirement allowance, on 13 April 2000,

(f) in so far as it relates to unemployability supplement, on 7 April 2000.