Social Welfare Act, 1977

Occupational injuries (extension of meaning of term “adult dependant”).

21.—(1) Section 10 (1) of the Act of 1966 is hereby amended by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (c):

“(c) the beneficiary, being a single person, a widow, a widower or a person in receipt of a deserted wife's allowance or deserted wife's benefit under the Social Welfare Acts, 1952 to 1977, is maintaining wholly or mainly a female person over the age of 16 years having the care of one or more than one child qualified for the purposes of this Act who normally resides or reside with the beneficiary,”.

(2) This section shall come into operation on the 4th day of April, 1977.