Social Welfare Act, 2002

Social assistance payments (new rates).

3.—(1) The Principal Act is amended in the Fourth Schedule by substituting the Parts set out in Schedule B to this Act for Parts I, II, IIA, IIB and IIC (inserted by section 3(1) of the No. 2 Act of 2001) of the said Fourth Schedule.

(2) This section comes into operation—

(a) in so far as it relates to unemployment assistance, pre-retirement allowance and farm assist, on 25 December 2002,

(b) in so far as it relates to supplementary welfare allowance, on 30 December 2002,

(c) in so far as it relates to disability allowance, on 1 January 2003,

(d) in so far as it relates to 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 2 January 2003, 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 3 January 2003.