Social Welfare Act, 1974

PART III

Children's Allowances

Amendment of section 5 (2) of Act of 1946 (children resident in institutions).

8.—Subsection (2) of section 5 of the Act of 1946 is hereby amended by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (c):

“(c) where a qualified child is resident in an institution and contributions are made towards the cost of his maintenance in that institution, he shall be regarded as normally residing with the person with whom in accordance with the rules made under paragraph (a) of this subsection he would be determined to be normally residing if he were not resident in an institution but, where the person with whom he would thus be regarded as normally residing has abandoned or deserted the child, the child shall be regarded as normally residing with the head of the household of which he would normally be a member if he were not resident in an institution.”.