Social Welfare Act, 1993

Pre-retirement allowance — couples.

15.—(1) Section 138 (inserted by section 27 of the Act of 1992) of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion after subsection (6) of the following subsection:

“(7) For the purposes of this section, a reference to ‘unemployment assistance’ shall be construed as including a reference to pre-retirement allowance.”.

(2) Section 156B (as amended by section 40 of the Act of 1990) of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution in subsection (1) for “Subject to subsection (2)” of “Subject to this section and section 138”.