Social Welfare Act, 1980
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Extension of meaning of “adult dependant” in the case of certain benefits. |
19.—(1) Section 26 (1) of the Act of 1952 is hereby amended— | |
(a) by the substitution for paragraph (c) (inserted by the Act of 1977) of the following paragraph: | ||
“(c) the beneficiary, being— | ||
(i) a single person, or | ||
(ii) a widow, or | ||
(iii) a widower, or | ||
(iv) a married person who is not living with and is neither wholly or mainly maintaining, nor being wholly or mainly maintained by, his spouse, | ||
is wholly or mainly maintaining a female person over the age of 16 years having the care of one or more than one qualified child who normally resides or reside with the beneficiary,”; | ||
and | ||
(b) by the deletion of “specified in paragraph (c) of this subsection”. | ||
(2) Section 26 (5) (inserted by the Social Welfare Act, 1970 ) of the Act of 1952 is hereby amended— | ||
(a) by the substitution for paragraph (b) (inserted by the Act of 1977) of the following paragraph: | ||
“(b) any period during which the beneficiary, being— | ||
(i) a single person, or | ||
(ii) a widow, or | ||
(iii) a widower, or | ||
(iv) a married person who is not living with and is neither wholly or mainly maintaining, nor being wholly or mainly maintained by, his spouse, | ||
is wholly or mainly maintaining a female person over the age of 16 years having the care of one or more than one qualified child who normally resides or reside with the beneficiary,”; | ||
and | ||
(b) by the deletion of “specified in paragraph (b) of this subsection”. | ||
(3) (a) Subsection (1) of this section shall come into operation on the 7th day of April, 1980. | ||
(b) Subsection (2) of this section shall come into operation on the 3rd day of April, 1980. |