Social Welfare Act, 2000

Social assistance payments (new rates).)

5.—(1) The Principal Act is amended by the substitution for Parts I and II (inserted by section 5 of the Act of 1999) of the Fourth Schedule thereto of the Parts set out in Schedule B to this Act.

(2) This section comes into operation—

(a) in so far as it relates to unemployment assistance and farm assist, on 26 April 2000,

(b) in so far as it relates to supplementary welfare allowance, on 1 May 2000,

(c) in so far as it relates to disability allowance, on 3 May 2000,

(d) in so far as it relates to pre-retirement allowance, one-parent family payment (other than where payable in respect of a widow or widower), carer's allowance and a relevant payment by virtue of section 18(1)(b) or (c) of the Act of 1996, on 4 May 2000, and

(e) in so far as it relates to old age (non-contributory) pension, blind pension, widow's and widower's (non-contributory) pension, one-parent family payment payable in respect of a widow or widower and orphan's (non-contributory) pension, on 5 May 2000.