Social Welfare Act, 1980

Single woman's allowance (new rates and extension of means limit).

13.—(1) Section 8 of the Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1974 , is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection (2) of the following subsection:

“(2) A single woman's allowance shall be payable—

(a) where her weekly means do not exceed £1, at the weekly rate set out in column (2) of Part I of the Eighth Schedule (inserted by the Social Welfare Act, 1980) to the Act of 1952, and

(b) where her weekly means exceed £1, at that rate reduced by the amount set out in column (2) of Part II of the said Eighth Schedule for each amount (if any) of £1 by which those weekly means exceed £1, any fraction of £1 in those weekly means being treated for this purpose as £1: provided that if the rate calculated pursuant to this subsection at which, but for this proviso, the allowance would be payable is less than 50p, the allowance shall not be payable.”.

(2) This section shall come into operation on the 3rd day of April, 1980.