Social Welfare Act, 1988
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Family Income Supplement. |
5.—(1) Section 232B (inserted by section 13 of the Social Welfare Act, 1984 ) of the Principal Act is hereby amended by— | |
(a) the substitution in paragraph (a) for “£104” (inserted by section 4 of the Act of 1987) of “£108”, and | ||
(b) the substitution for paragraph (b) (amended by the said section 4) of the following paragraph: | ||
“(b) in the case of a family which includes more than one child, £108 increased by— | ||
(i) £23 for each additional child up to and including the fifth child, or | ||
(ii) such amounts as may be prescribed for each additional child up to and including such number of children as may be prescribed.”. | ||
(2) Section 232C(2) (inserted by section 13 of the Social Welfare Act, 1984 ) of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for paragraph (b) (amended by section 4 of the Act of 1987) of the following paragraph: | ||
“(b) in the case of a family which includes more than one child, £16 increased by— | ||
(i) £7 for each additional child up to and including the fifth child, or | ||
(ii) such rates as may be prescribed for each additional child up to and including such number of children as may be prescribed.”. | ||
(3) Subsection (1) of this section shall apply to any claim for family income supplement which is received on or after the 28th day of July, 1988. |