Cap. 318 ст. 90BIncreasesincertain allowances and assistances as a result of cost-of-living increases awarded in wages generally.

(1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, whenever Government awards a cost-of-living increase in the rate of the national minimum wage as is payable to persons of eighteen years of age or over under the provisions of the Employment and Industrial Relations Act, any medical assistance paid in terms of the provisions of articles 20, 21, 22 and 24 and any allowance paid in terms of article 69(1), shall, as from the date of such award or from the date from which such assistance or allowance becomes due, whichever is the later date, automatically be increased by an amount equivalent to 20% of such cost-of-living increase.

(2) Without prejudice to any other provision of this Act, whenever Government awards a cost-of-living increase in the rate of the national minimum wage as is payable to persons of eighteen years of age or over under the provisions of the Employment and Industrial Relations Act, any allowance or assistance payable under the provisions of articles 68 and 27 shall, from such date when such allowance or assistance is due, be automatically increased by the full cost-of-living increase in the case of an Increased Carer’s Allowance, Increased Severe Disability Assistance, Severe Disability Assistance, Assistance for the Visually Impaired and by an amount equivalent to two-thirds of the cost-of-living increase in the case of a Carer’s Allowance and Disability Assistance.