Social Welfare Act, 1985

Social insurance benefits (new rates).

2.—(1) The Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for Parts I to V of the Second Schedule (inserted by the Act of 1984) of the Parts set out in Schedule A to this Act.

(2) This section shall come into operation—

(a) in so far as it relates to unemployment benefit, on the 4th day of July, 1985,

(b) in so far as it relates to disability benefit, maternity allowance, injury benefit, disablement gratuity and disablement pension, on the 8th day of July, 1985,

(c) in so far as it relates to deserted wife's benefit, invalidity pension and retirement pension, on the 11th day of July, 1985, and

(d) in so far as it relates to death benefit under section 50, 51 or 52 of the Principal Act, old age (contributory) pension, widow's (contributory) pension and orphan's (contributory) allowance, on the 12th day of July, 1985.