PART II

Increases

Social insurance benefits (new rates).

3. —(1) The Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for Parts I to IV (inserted by section 3 of the Act of 1994 and amended by section 13 (2) of that Act and modified by the Regulations of 1995) of the Second Schedule thereto 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 8th day of June, 1995,

(b) in so far as it relates to disability benefit, health and safety benefit, injury benefit, disablement gratuity and disablement pension, on the 12th day of June, 1995,

(c) in so far as it relates to retirement pension, invalidity pension and deserted wife's benefit, on the 15th day of June, 1995, and

(d) in so far as it relates to death benefit under section 60,61,62 or 63 of the Principal Act, old age (contributory) pension, survivor's pension and orphan's (contributory) allowance, on the 16th day of June, 1995.

Social assistance payments (new rates).

4. —(1) The Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for Parts I and II (inserted by section 4 of the Act of 1994) 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 7th day of June, 1995,

(b) in so far as it relates to supplementary welfare allowance, on the 12th day of June, 1995,

(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 15th day of June, 1995, 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 16th day of June, 1995.

Child benefit (new rates, etc.).

5. —(1) The Fourth Schedule to the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for Part III (inserted by section 5 of the Act of 1994) of the following Part:

“PART III

Amounts of Child Benefit

”.

(2) Section 192 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution in subsection (1) (b) of “19 years ” for “18 years”.

(3) The Principal Act is hereby amended by—

(a) the substitution in section 192 (2) of “who resides with a qualified person and such person's spouse while the qualified person or his spouse ” for “who resides with a qualified person while such person”, and

(b) the insertion in section 3 (12) after “165 (4)” of “, 192 (2)”.

(4) Subsections (1) and (2) of this section shall come into operation on the 1st day of September, 1995.