Social Welfare Act, 2000
Social assistance payments (new rates).) |
5.—(1) The Principal Act is amended by the substitution for Parts I and II (inserted by section 5 of the Act of 1999) of the Fourth Schedule thereto of the Parts set out in Schedule B to this Act. | |
(2) This section comes into operation— | ||
(a) in so far as it relates to unemployment assistance and farm assist, on 26 April 2000, | ||
(b) in so far as it relates to supplementary welfare allowance, on 1 May 2000, | ||
(c) in so far as it relates to disability allowance, on 3 May 2000, | ||
(d) in so far as it relates to pre-retirement allowance, one-parent family payment (other than where payable in respect of a widow or widower), carer's allowance and a relevant payment by virtue of section 18(1)(b) or (c) of the Act of 1996, on 4 May 2000, and | ||
(e) in so far as it relates to old age (non-contributory) pension, blind pension, widow's and widower's (non-contributory) pension, one-parent family payment payable in respect of a widow or widower and orphan's (non-contributory) pension, on 5 May 2000. |