Social Welfare Act, 1996
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PART II Increases | ||
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Social insurance benefits (new rates). |
3.—(1) The Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for Parts I to IV (inserted by section 3 of the Act of 1995) of the Second Schedule thereto of the Parts set out in Schedule A to this Act. | |
(2) This section shall come into operation— | ||
(a) in so far as it relates to unemployment benefit, on the 6th day of June, 1996, | ||
(b) in so far as it relates to disability benefit, health and safety benefit, injury benefit, disablement gratuity and disablement pension, on the 10th day of June, 1996, | ||
(c) in so far as it relates to retirement pension, invalidity pension and deserted wife's benefit, on the 13th day of June, 1996, and | ||
(d) in so far as it relates to death benefit under section 60, 61, 62 or 63 of the Principal Act, old age (contributory) pension, survivor's pension and orphan's (contributory) allowance, on the 14th day of June, 1996. |