Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1985
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Amendment of Rule 1 of Third Schedule to Principal Act (rules as to calculation of means). |
18.—Rule 1 (4) of the Third Schedule to the Principal Act is hereby amended by— | |
(a) the substitution for subparagraphs (g) (i) and (g) (ii) of the following:— | ||
“£312, plus £208 if his spouse is living with or is wholly or mainly maintained by him or, being a single person, widow or widower, is maintaining wholly or mainly a person over the age of 16 years having the care of one or more than one qualified child who normally resides or reside with him, plus £104 for each qualified child normally residing with him of whom account has not already been taken in accordance with this paragraph in calculating the means of another person,”; and | ||
(b) the insertion in subparagraph (i) (inserted by the Social Welfare Act, 1982 ) after “each such child” of “of whom account has not already been taken in accordance with this paragraph in calculating the means of another person”, and the said subparagraph, as so amended, is set out in the Table to this paragraph. | ||
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(i) in the case of a person who is not a blind person, and who has a qualified child or qualified children who normally resides or reside with him, all earnings derived by him from his personal exertions except and in so far as the annual amount of such earnings is calculated to exceed £104 (or for the purposes of widow's (non-contributory) pension, £312) for each such child of whom account has not already been taken in accordance with this paragraph in calculating the means of another person, |