Social Welfare Act, 2000

PART II

Increases

Social insurance benefits (new rates).

4.—(1) The Principal Act is amended by the substitution for Parts I to IV (inserted by section 4 of the Act of 1999) of the Second Schedule thereto of the Parts set out in Schedule A to this Act.

(2) This section comes into operation—

(a) in so far as it relates to unemployment benefit, on 27 April 2000,

(b) in so far as it relates to disability benefit, health and safety benefit, injury benefit and disablement gratuity on 1 May 2000,

(c) in so far as it relates to retirement pension, invalidity pension and a relevant payment by virtue of section 18(1)(a) of the Act of 1996, on 4 May 2000, and

(d) in so far as it relates to disablement pension, death benefit under section 60, 61 or 62 of the Principal Act, old age (contributory) pension, widow's and widower's (contributory) pension and orphan's (contributory) allowance, on 5 May 2000.