Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981

Commencement of pensions.

[1935 WOPS, s. 35; 1937 WOPS, s. 19]

187.—(1) Subject to regulations under section 189 (3), where a person becomes entitled to a pension, the following provisions shall have effect—

(a) in case a claim thereto is made before the expiration of three months after the date on which the person becomes entitled thereto, the pension shall commence to accrue on that date,

(b) in any other case, the pension shall commence to accrue on the date on which the claim is made.

(2) Where the date on which a pension would begin to accrue under subsection (1) is a day of the week other than a day prescribed as the day in the week on which the weekly payments on account of pensions of that class are to be made, the pension shall not begin to accrue until such prescribed day in the week occurring next after the first-mentioned day.