Social Welfare Act, 1994

Social assistance payments (new rates).

4.—(1) The Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for Parts I and II 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 20th day of July, 1994,

(b) in so far as it relates to supplementary welfare allowance, on the 25th day of July, 1994,

(c) in so far as it relates to pre-retirement allowance, deserted wife's allowance, prisoner's wife's allowance, lone parent's allowance (other than lone parent's allowance payable in respect of a widow or widower), carer's allowance and prescribed relative allowance, on the 28th day of July, 1994, and

(d) in so far as it relates to old age (non-contributory) pension, blind pension, widow's (non-contributory) pension, lone parent's allowance payable in respect of a widow or widower and orphan's (non-contributory) pension, on the 29th day of July, 1994.