Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2023

Amendment of section 238B of Principal Act (entitlement to back to work family dividend)

50. Section 238B(1) of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by the deletion of “who has not attained pensionable age”,

(b) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of “subparagraph (i),” for “subparagraph (i), and”,

(c) in paragraph (c), by the substitution of “immediately before that date, and” for “immediately before that date.”, and

(d) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (c):

“(d) 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).”.