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Child benefit — amendments.

8.— (1) Section 221 of the Principal Act is amended by substituting the following subsection for subsection (1) (amended by section 5 of the Social Welfare Act 2010 ):

“(1) Subject to this Act, a qualified person shall be paid a monthly benefit—

(a) of the amount set out in column (2) of Part 4 of Schedule 4 for a qualified child referred to in column (1) of that Part of that Schedule opposite that amount for any entitlement to child benefit that occurs during the period beginning on 1 January 2012 and expiring on 31 December 2012, and

(b) of €140 for each qualified child in respect of any entitlement to child benefit that occurs on or after 1 January 2013.”.

(2) Schedule 4 to the Principal Act is amended by substituting the following Part for Part 4 (amended by section 5 of the Social Welfare Act 2010 ):

“PART 4

AMOUNTS OF CHILD BENEFIT DURING THE PERIOD BEGINNING ON 1 JANUARY 2012 AND EXPIRING ON 31 DECEMBER 2012

Qualified child in respect of whom

child benefit is payable

(1)

Monthly rate of child benefit

payable per qualified child during the period beginning on 1 January 2012 and expiring on 31 December 2012

(2)

1. Each of the first 2 qualified children

2. Third qualified child

3. Each qualified child in excess of 3 qualified children

€

140.00

148.00

160.00

”.

(3) Section 221 of the Principal Act is amended by deleting subsections (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) and (8).

(4) This section comes into operation on 1 January 2012.