Social Welfare Act, 2001

Social assistance payments (new rates).

5.—(1) The Principal Act is amended by the substitution for Parts I, II, IIA, IIB and IIC (inserted by section 5 of the Act of 2000) of the Fourth Schedule thereto of the Parts set out in Schedule B to this Act.

(2) This section comes into operation—

(a) in so far as it relates to unemployment assistance, pre-retirement allowance and farm assist, on 28 March 2001,

(b) in so far as it relates to supplementary welfare allowance, on 2 April 2001,

(c) in so far as it relates to disability allowance, on 4 April 2001,

(d) in so far as it relates to one-parent family payment (other than where payable in respect of a widow or widower), carer's allowance and a relevant payment by virtue of section 18(1)(b) or (c) of the Act of 1996, on 5 April 2001, and

(e) in so far as it relates to old age (non-contributory) pension, blind pension, widow's and widower's (non-contributory) pension, one-parent family payment payable in respect of a widow or widower and orphan's (non-contributory) pension, on 6 April 2001.