Social Welfare Act, 1985

Social assistance payments (new rates).

3.—(1) The Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for Parts I and III of the Fourth Schedule (inserted by the Act of 1984) of the Parts set out in Schedule B to this Act.

(2) This section shall come into operation—

(a) in so far as it relates to unemployment assistance, on the 3rd day of July, 1985,

(b) in so far as it relates to deserted wife's allowance, prisoner's wife's allowance, social assistance allowance and single woman's allowance, on the 11th day of July, 1985,

(c) in so far as it relates to old age pension, blind pension, widow's (non-contributory) pension and orphan's (non-contributory) pension, on the 12th day of July, 1985, and

(d) in so far as it relates to supplementary welfare allowance, on the 8th day of July, 1985.