Social Welfare Act, 1973
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Children's allowances (new rates and extension of age limit for qualified children). |
6.—(1) The Act of 1946 is hereby amended by— | |
(a) the substitution for section 4 of the following section: | ||
“4. A child shall be a qualified child for children's allowances purposes if— | ||
(1) (a) he is under the age of sixteen years, or | ||
(b) having attained the age of sixteen years he is under the age of eighteen years and— | ||
(i) is receiving full-time instruction by day at any university, college, school or other educational establishment, | ||
(ii) is an apprentice, or | ||
(iii) is, by reason of physical or mental infirmity, incapable of self-support and likely to remain so incapable for a prolonged period, | ||
(2) he is ordinarily resident in the State, and | ||
(3) he is not detained in a reformatory or an industrial school and is not undergoing imprisonment or detention in legal custody.”, | ||
and | ||
(b) the substitution for subsection (1) of section 6 (inserted by the Social Welfare (Children's Allowances) Act, 1952 ) of the following subsection: | ||
“(1) Subject to the provisions of the Social Welfare (Children's Allowances) Acts, 1944 to 1973, and of the regulations thereunder, a person who is found to be qualified for a children's allowance shall, so long as he remains so qualified, be paid out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas a monthly allowance at the rate of— | ||
(a) £2 where he is qualified in respect of one qualified child, | ||
(b) £5 where he is qualified in respect of two qualified children, | ||
(c) £8.75 where he is qualified in respect of three or more qualified children, plus £3.75 in respect of each qualified child in excess of three.”. | ||
(2) This section shall come into operation on the 1st day of July, 1973. |