Social Welfare Act 2017

Social insurance benefits - new rates

12. (1) Schedule 2 (amended by section 21 of the Act of 2016) to the Principal Act is amended by the substitution of the Parts set out in Schedule 2 for Parts 1 to 4 of Schedule 2 to the Principal Act.

(2) This section comes into operation—

(a) in so far as it relates to jobseeker’s benefit, on 22 March 2018,

(b) in so far as it relates to—

(i) illness benefit,

(ii) health and safety benefit, and

(iii) injury benefit,

on 26 March 2018,

(c) in so far it relates to—

(i) carer’s benefit,

(ii) invalidity pension, and

(iii) a payment referred to in paragraph (a) of the definition of “relevant payment” in section 178(1) of the Principal Act,

on 29 March 2018, and

(d) in so far as it relates to—

(i) death benefit under Chapter 13 (other than section 84) of the Principal Act,

(ii) widow’s (contributory) pension,

(iii) widower’s (contributory) pension,

(iv) surviving civil partner’s (contributory) pension,

(v) State pension (contributory),

(vi) guardian’s payment (contributory),

(vii) disablement pension, and

(viii) disablement gratuity,

on 30 March 2018.