Social Welfare Act 2010

Social assistance payments (new rates).

4.— (1) Schedule 4 to the Principal Act (amended by section 4(1) of the Act of 2009) is amended by substituting—

(a) the Part set out in Schedule 2 for Part 1 of the said Schedule 4, and

(b) the Part set out in Schedule 3 for Part 3 of the said Schedule 4.

(2) This section comes into operation—

(a) in so far as it relates to jobseeker’s allowance, pre-retirement allowance and farm assist, on 29 December 2010,

(b) in so far as it relates to supplementary welfare allowance, on 3 January 2011,

(c) in so far as it relates to disability allowance, on 5 January 2011,

(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 payment referred to in paragraph (b) or (c) of the definition of “relevant payment” in section 178(1) of the Principal Act, on 6 January 2011, and

(e) in so far as it relates to State pension (non-contributory), blind pension, widow’s (non-contributory) pension, widower’s (non-contributory) pension, one-parent family payment payable in respect of a widow or widower and guardian’s payment (non-contributory), on 7 January 2011.