Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2007
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Relevant payments — conditions for receipt. |
23.— Section 178A (inserted by section 10 of the Social Welfare Act 2005 ) of the Principal Act is amended by inserting the following after subsection (3): | |
“(4) Regulations may, subject to the conditions and in the circumstances and for the periods that may be prescribed, entitle to a payment a woman who ceases to be entitled to deserted wife’s benefit by virtue of having earnings in excess of the amount prescribed for the purposes of subsection (1)(a). | ||
(5) Regulations under subsection (4) shall provide that a payment payable by virtue of those regulations shall be payable at a rate less than that specified in column (2) of Part 1 of Schedule 2 and the rate specified by regulations may vary by reference to the yearly average calculated in accordance with subsection (2)(b)(ii).”. |