Social Welfare Act 2011
Child benefit — amendments. |
8.— (1) Section 221 of the Principal Act is amended by substituting the following subsection for subsection (1) (amended by section 5 of the Social Welfare Act 2010 ): | |||||
“(1) Subject to this Act, a qualified person shall be paid a monthly benefit— | ||||||
(a) of the amount set out in column (2) of Part 4 of Schedule 4 for a qualified child referred to in column (1) of that Part of that Schedule opposite that amount for any entitlement to child benefit that occurs during the period beginning on 1 January 2012 and expiring on 31 December 2012, and | ||||||
(b) of €140 for each qualified child in respect of any entitlement to child benefit that occurs on or after 1 January 2013.”. | ||||||
(2) Schedule 4 to the Principal Act is amended by substituting the following Part for Part 4 (amended by section 5 of the Social Welfare Act 2010 ): | ||||||
“PART 4 | ||||||
AMOUNTS OF CHILD BENEFIT DURING THE PERIOD BEGINNING ON 1 JANUARY 2012 AND EXPIRING ON 31 DECEMBER 2012 | ||||||
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”. | ||||||
(3) Section 221 of the Principal Act is amended by deleting subsections (3), (4), (5), (6), (7) and (8). | ||||||
(4) This section comes into operation on 1 January 2012. |