Social Welfare Act, 1974
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Amendment of section 77 of Act of 1952 (old age pensions). |
6.—Section 77 of the Act of 1952 is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection (2B) (inserted by section 24 of the Act of 1970) of the following subsection: | |
“(2B) In this section ‘qualified child’ in relation to a claimant or pensioner means— | ||
(a) a qualified child as defined in section 2 (1) of this Act, who is determined in accordance with regulations made under section 2 (6) of this Act to be normally residing with the claimant or pensioner, or | ||
(b) where the claimant or pensioner is a woman who is not a widow, a qualified child as defined in section 2 (1) of this Act who is determined in accordance with regulations made under section 2 (6) of this Act to be normally residing with the husband of the claimant or pensioner or with the head of the household in which she resides, or | ||
(c) where the claimant or pensioner is a widow— | ||
(i) a qualified child as defined in section 2 (1) of this Act, or | ||
(ii) a person who is over the age of eighteen years and under the age of twenty-one years, is receiving full-time instruction by day at any university, college, school or other educational establishment and would, if he were under the age of eighteen years, be a qualified child as defined in section 2 (1) of this Act, | ||
who is determined in accordance with regulations made under section 2 (6) of this Act to be normally residing with her.”. |