Social Welfare Act, 1984

Amendment of section 167 of Principal Act (commencement of old age pensions).

23.—Section 167 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection (2) of the following subsection:

“(2) Subject to regulations under section 170 (4), where old age pension is first allowed the pension shall commence to accrue on the first Friday after the date on which the claim for the pension is received by the Minister or on the first Friday after the date on which the claimant first becomes entitled to the pension, whichever is the later or, if the later of those two dates is a Friday, on that Friday.”.