Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023

Amendment of section 62 of Principal Act (entitlement to jobseeker’s benefit)

39. Section 62(1) of the Principal Act is amended, by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a):

“(a) on the day for which the benefit is claimed he or she—

(i) is under pensionable age, or

(ii) is a person born on or after 1 January 1958, who has attained pensionable age but has neither attained the age of 70 years nor been awarded a State pension (contributory),”.