Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1935

Provisions where pension granted to person in receipt of unemployment assistance.

56.—(1) Where—

(a) in respect of any period unemployment assistance has been paid to a person who, though entitled to a pension, is not at that time receiving payments on account thereof, and

(b) such unemployment assistance would not have been paid if that person had then been receiving payment on account of a pension, and

(c) any sum (in this sub-section referred to as the arrears) accruing in respect of any part of the said period on account of a pension subsequently becomes payable to that person, and

(d) the Minister for Industry and Commerce has, before the the arrears are paid to that person, certified to the Minister the amount (in this sub-section referred to as the excess) so paid by the Minister for Industry and Commerce in respect of the period in respect of which the arrears accrued,

the Minister may reduce the arrears by an amount not exceeding the amount of the excess and shall, in such case, pay to the Minister for Industry and Commerce out of the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Fund a sum equal to the amount by which the arrears are so reduced.

(2) Any moneys paid to the Minister for Industry and Commerce under this section shall be paid into or disposed of for the benefit of the Exchequer in such manner as the Minister for Finance may direct.