Social Welfare (No. 2) Act 2019

Earnings disregarded for certain social assistance payments

19. (1) Rule 1(2)(b) (amended by section 20 of the Act of 2018) of Part 2 of Schedule 3 to the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subparagraph (xi), by the substitution of “per year,” for “per year, and”,

(b) in subparagraph (xii), by the substitution of “seaweed, and” for “seaweed;”, and

(c) by the insertion of the following subparagraph after subparagraph (xii):

“(xiii) any income arising from a grant or allowance in pursuance of a scheme for promoting the welfare of the blind prepared under section 2 of the Blind Persons Act 1920 ;”.

(2) This section comes into operation on 10 January 2020.