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Social assistance payments - new rates
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23. (1) Schedule 4 (amended by section 23 of the Act of 2018) to the Principal Act is amended by the substitution of the Parts set out in Schedule 2 for Parts 1 to 3 of Schedule 4 to the Principal Act.
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(2) This section comes into operation—
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(a) in so far as it relates to—
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(i) jobseeker’s allowance (other than where payable in accordance with section 148A of the Principal Act), and
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(ii) farm assist,
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on 29 December 2021,
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(b) in so far as it relates to supplementary welfare allowance, on 3 January 2022,
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(c) in so far as it relates to disability allowance, on 5 January 2022,
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(d) in so far as it relates to—
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(i) one-parent family payment (other than where payable in respect of a widow, widower or surviving civil partner),
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(ii) jobseeker’s allowance payable in accordance with section 148A of the Principal Act,
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(iii) a payment referred to in paragraph (b) or (c) of the definition of “relevant payment” in section 178(1) of the Principal Act, and
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(iv) carer’s allowance,
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on 6 January 2022, and
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(e) in so far as it relates to—
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(i) State pension (non-contributory),
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(ii) blind pension,
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(iii) guardian’s payment (non-contributory),
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(iv) widow’s (non-contributory) pension,
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(v) widower’s (non-contributory) pension,
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(vi) surviving civil partner’s (non-contributory) pension, and
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(vii) one-parent family payment (payable in respect of a widow, widower or surviving civil partner),
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on 7 January 2022.
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