Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1985

Amendment of section 87 of Principal Act (title to benefit).

8.—Section 87 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion in subsection (1) after “husband” of the words “, provided that he is incapable of self-support by reason of some mental or physical infirmity,”, and the said subsection, as so amended, is set out in the Table to this section.

TABLE

(1) Subject to this Act, on the death of a woman to whom an old age (contributory) pension or retirement pension was payable at an increased weekly rate by virtue of section 81 (1) or 86 (1) in respect of a period ending on such death, her husband, providing that he is incapable of self-support by reason of some mental or physical infirmity, shall be entitled to benefit the weekly rate of which is equal to the rate of widow's (contributory) pension, including increases in respect of qualified children where appropriate, which would be payable to him under the provisions of this Part if he were a widow.