Social Welfare Act, 1996

Widow's and widower's (contributory) pension.

27.—(1) Section 101 (inserted by section 11 of the Act of 1994) of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion after subsection (4) of the following subsection:

“(5) A person who, having ceased to be entitled to a pension by virtue of that person's remarriage, shall, on again becoming a widow or widower, be entitled to a pension at the rate which would have been payable had the person not remarried where the person—

(a) fails to satisfy the conditions set out in section 101(1), or

(b) on satisfying the conditions set out in section 101(1), is entitled to a pension at a rate below that which would have been payable had the person not remarried.”.

(2) Each provision of the Principal Act mentioned in column (1) of Schedule G to this Act is hereby amended in the manner specified in column (2) of that Schedule opposite the mention of that provision in column (1).

(3) Every reference in the Principal Act or in any other enactment to a survivor's pension shall be construed as a reference to a widow's (contributory) pension or a widower's (contributory) pension, as the case may require.

(4) Section 13(5) of the Act of 1994 is hereby repealed.