Social Welfare Act, 1986

Amendment of section 43 of Principal Act (disablement benefit).

21.—(1) Section 43 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by—

(a) the substitution for subsection (7) (b) (inserted by the No. 2 Act of 1985) of the following paragraph:

“(b) The scale prescribed for the purposes of paragraph (a) shall be the same for all persons.”,

(b) the substitution for subsection (8) (inserted by the No. 2 Act of 1985) of the following subsection:

“(8) Where the extent of the disablement is assessed for the period taken into account as amounting to 20 per cent. or more, disablement benefit shall be a pension (in this Chapter referred to as a disablement pension) for that period at the weekly rate set out in column (2) of Part III of the Second Schedule appropriate to the degree of disablement: Provided that where the period is limited by reference to a definite date, the pension shall cease on the death of the beneficiary before that date.”, and

(c) the substitution for subsection (9) (b) (i) (inserted by the No. 2 Act of 1985) of the following paragraph:

“(i) the scale shall be the same for all persons,”.

(2) Subsection (1) of this section shall come into operation on the 19th day of May, 1986.