Social Welfare Act, 1986

Family income supplement.

4.—(1) Section 232B (inserted by the Act of 1984) of the Principal Act (which relates to the entitlement to family income supplement) is hereby amended by the substitution for “£18” (inserted by the Act of 1985) of “£20”.

(2) Section 232C (inserted by the Act of 1984) of the Principal Act (which relates to the weekly rate of family income supplement) is hereby amended by—

(a) the substitution in subsection (1) for “25 per cent.” of “one-third”,

(b) the substitution in subsection (2) (a) for “£8” of “£10”,

(c) the substitution in subsection (2) (b) for “£8” of “£10”, and for “£2.50” (inserted by the Act of 1985) of “£4”, and

(d) the substitution for subsections (3) and (4) of the following subsection:

“(3) In calculating the weekly rate pursuant to subsection (1), any fraction of £1 shall be treated as £1.”.

(3) This section shall come into operation on the 10th day of April, 1986.