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Amendment of Third Schedule to Act of 1952.
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13.—(1) The Third Schedule to the Act of 1952 is hereby amended by—
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(a) the substitution for Part I (inserted by the Act of 1971) of the following Part:
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“PART I
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Rates of Periodical Benefits and of Increases Thereof
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Description of benefit
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Weekly Rate
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Increase for adult dependant (where payable)
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Increase for qualified child or for each of two qualified children (where payable)
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Increase for each qualified child in excess of two (where payable)
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Increase for adult dependant under section 26(4) (where payable)
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(1)
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(2)
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(3)
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(4)
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(5)
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(6)
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£
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£
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£
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£
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£
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1. Disability Benefit and Unemployment Benefit:
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(a) in the case of persons over the age of eighteen—
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(i) for a man, single woman or widow, married woman living apart from and unable to obtain any financial assistance from her husband or married woman entitled to an increase for a qualified child or qualified children or for a husband
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5·55
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3·75
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1·35
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1·00
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(ii) for any other married woman
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4·35
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—
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(b) in the case of persons under the age of eighteen—
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(i) where the person is entitled to an increase for a qualified child or qualified children or for an adult dependant
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5·55
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3·75
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1·35
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1·00
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(ii) where the person is not so entitled
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4·35
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—
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2. Invalidity Pension
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5·55
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3·75
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1·35
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1·00
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3·00
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3. Maternity Allowance
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5·55
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—
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—
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—
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4. Widow's (Contributory) Pension:
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(a) in the case of persons under the age of eighty
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5·60
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—
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1·50
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1·50
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3·00
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(b) in any other case
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6·10
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1·50
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1·50
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3·00
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5. Orphan's (Contributory) Allowance
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3·80
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—
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6. Retirement Pension and Old Age (Contributory) Pension:
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(a) in the case of persons under the age of eighty
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6·20
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4·15
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1·35
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1·00
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3·00
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(b) in any other case
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6·70
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4·15
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1·35
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1·00
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3·00
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and
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(b) the substitution in
Part II
(inserted by the
Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1965
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“3. Death Grant:
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(a) in case the deceased person was a qualified child under the age of five years 7
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(b) in case the deceased person was any other qualified child 21
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(c) in any other case 35”.
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(2) Subsection (1) of this section shall come into operation—
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(a) in so far as it relates to disability benefit, unemployment benefit, maternity allowance and death grant, on the 2nd day of October, 1972,
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(b) in so far as it relates to invalidity pension and retirement pension, on the 5th day of October, 1972, and
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(c) in so far as it relates to any other benefit, on the 6th day of October, 1972.
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