Social Welfare Act, 1989
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Social assistance payments (new rates). |
4.—(1) The Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for Parts I and III (inserted by section 4 of the Act of 1988) of the Fourth Schedule thereto of the Parts set out in Schedule B to this Act. | |
(2) This section shall come into operation— | ||
(a) in so far as it relates to unemployment assistance, on the 19th day of July, 1989, | ||
(b) in so far as it relates to deserted wife’s allowance, prisoner’s wife’s allowance, social assistance allowance and single woman’s allowance, on the 27th day of July, 1989, | ||
(c) in so far as it relates to old age pension, blind pension, widow’s (non-contributory) pension and orphan’s (non-contributory) pension, on the 28th day of July, 1989, | ||
(d) in so far as it relates to supplementary welfare allowance, on the 24th day of July, 1989, | ||
(e) in so far as it relates to pre-retirement allowance, on the commencement of section 28 of the Act of 1988, | ||
(f) in so far as it relates to widower’s (non-contributory) pension, on the commencement of section 198A (inserted by section 6 (1) (a) of this Act) of the Principal Act, and | ||
(g) in so far as it relates to deserted husband’s allowance, on the commencement of section 198B (inserted by section 6 (1) (b) of this Act) of the Principal Act. |