Social Welfare Act, 1996
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Transitional provisions. |
14.—(1) Notwithstanding Chapter 12 (inserted by section 13 of this Act) of Part III of the Principal Act, where, immediately before the commencement of this Part, a person is in receipt of a maintenance allowance provided for under section 69 of the Health Act, 1970 , disability allowance shall be payable to that person on and from that commencement at a rate not less than the rate of maintenance allowance which is payable to him immediately before that commencement. | |
(2) Any determination by an officer of a health board in relation to the award of a maintenance allowance to a person under section 69 of the Health Act, 1970 , before the commencement of this Part shall be deemed to be a decision by a deciding officer to award disability allowance to such person on and from that commencement. | ||
(3) Where immediately before the commencement of this Part, a person has applied for a maintenance allowance under section 69 of the Health Act, 1970 , and that application has not been finally determined, any such application shall be deemed to be an application for disability allowance. |