(1) Schedule 2 (amended by section 3 of the Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2015) to the Principal Act is amended by the substitution of the Parts set out in Schedule 1 for Parts 1 to 4 of the said Schedule 2.

(2) This section comes into operation -

(a) in so far as it relates to jobseeker's benefit, on 9 March 2017,

(b) in so far as it relates to illness benefit, health and safety benefit and injury benefit, on 13 March 2017,

(c) in so far as it relates to carer's benefit and invalidity pension, on 16 March 2017,

(d) in so far as it relates to a payment referred to in paragraph (a) of the definition of "relevant payment" in section 178(1) of the Principal Act -

(i) on 9 March 2017 in the case of a beneficiary who, on that date, has attained pensionable age, and

(ii) on 16 March 2017 in the case of a beneficiary who has not, on 9 March 2017, attained pensionable age,