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Guardian’s payments - concurrent payment in certain circumstances
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13. Section 247 of the Principal Act is amended by the insertion of the following subsections after subsection (2):
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“(2A) For the purposes of this Act, where—
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(a) a payment is made to or in respect of a person and in respect of a benefit referred to in subsection (1)(a) or any assistance referred to in subsection (1) (b) (whether subsection (1) applies to the payment of such benefit or assistance or otherwise), and
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(b) during the same period, the person referred to in paragraph (a) is a person to whom a payment specified in subsection (2B) would be payable to or in respect of an orphan,
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nothing in this Act shall prevent the payment of the benefit or assistance referred to in paragraph (a) being paid to a person referred to in that paragraph where, during the same period, that person is a person referred to in paragraph (b) to whom a payment referred to in that paragraph would also be made.
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(2B) The payments referred to in subsection (2A)(b) are—
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(a) guardian’s payment (contributory),
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(b) guardian’s payment (non-contributory), or
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(c) death benefit by way of pension under section 83.”.
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