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Amendment of section 44 of Principal Act (duration of illness benefit)
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36. Section 44 of the Principal Act is amended, by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (10):
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“(11) Where a person is in receipt of illness benefit immediately prior to attaining pensionable age, payment of that benefit shall cease upon him or her attaining pensionable age unless he or she—
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(a) was born on or after 1 January 1958, and
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(b) has, in the prescribed manner and within the prescribed period, notified the Minister of his or her desire to continue receiving illness benefit after attaining pensionable age for any remaining period in which he or she is entitled to receive it.”.
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