Social Welfare Act 2003

Social insurance benefits (new rates).

2.—(1) The Principal Act is amended in the Second Schedule by substituting the Parts set out in Schedule A to this Act for Parts I to IV (inserted by section 2(1) of the Act of 2002) of the said Second Schedule.

(2) This section comes into operation—

(a) in so far as it relates to unemployment benefit, on 25 December 2003,

(b) in so far as it relates to disability benefit, health and safety benefit, injury benefit and disablement gratuity, on 29 December 2003,

(c) in so far as it relates to carer's benefit, retirement pension, invalidity pension and a relevant payment by virtue of section 18(1)(a) of the Act of 1996, on 1 January 2004, and

(d) in so far as it relates to disablement pension, death benefit under section 60, 61 or 62 of the Principal Act, old age (contributory) pension, widow's and widower's (contributory) pension and orphan's (contributory) allowance, on 2 January 2004.