Social Welfare Act, 1989

Overlapping benefits.

27.—(1) Section 130 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion after subsection (4) (inserted by section 15 of the Social Welfare Act, 1984 ) of the following subsection:

“(5) Where a woman who has attained pensionable age would, but for this subsection, be entitled in respect of any period to—

(a) a widow’s (non-contributory) pension under section 177,

(b) a deserted wife’s allowance under section 195,

(c) a prisoner’s wife’s allowance under section 196, or

(d) a social assistance allowance under section 197,

and either an old age (contributory) pension under section 78 or an old age (non-contributory) pension under section 158, only one such pension or allowance shall be payable.”.

(2) The Social Welfare (Overlapping Benefits) (Amendment) Regulations, 1979 (S.I. No. 118 of 1979), are hereby revoked.