Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 2001

Employment contributions (new rates of contributions and amendment to earnings ceiling).

5.—(1) Section 10 of the Principal Act is amended by—

(a) the substitution in subsection (1)(c) of “€38,740” for “£28,250” (inserted by section 8(2)(b) of the Act of 2001),

(b) the substitution in subsection (1)(d) (as amended by section 8(2)(c) of the Act of 2001) of “10.05 per cent.” for “11.3 per cent.”, and

(c) the substitution in subsection (7) (as amended by section 8(1)(f) of the Act of 2000) of “10.05 per cent.” for “11.3 per cent.”.

(2) This section comes into operation—

(a) in so far as it relates to subsection (1)(a), on 1 January 2002, and

(b) in so far as it relates to subsection (1)(b) and (1)(c), on 1 March 2002.