(1) Schedule 3 to the Principal Act is amended, in Rule 1(4) (amended by section 13 of the Act of 2017) of Part 5 of that Schedule -

(a) by the substitution of the following subparagraph for subparagraph (db):

“(db) in calculating the weekly earnings for the purposes of subparagraph (a) for any period commencing on or after 29 March 2018 but before 28 March 2019, an amount of €130 together with half the weekly earnings in excess of that amount shall be disregarded;”,

and

(b) by the insertion of the following subparagraph after subparagraph (db):

“(dc) in calculating the weekly earnings for the purposes of subparagraph (a) for any period commencing on or after 28 March 2019, an amount of €150 together with half the weekly earnings in excess of that amount shall be disregarded.”.

(2) This section comes into operation on 28 March 2019.