Social Welfare (No. 2) Act, 1987

Amendment of section 2 of Principal Act (interpretation generally).

15.—(1) Section 2 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion in subsection (1) (inserted by section 3 of the No. 2 Act of 1985) in the definition of “adult dependant” after paragraph (a) (iii) of the following subparagraphs:

“(iv) a spouse who, by virtue of the provisions of section 35 (1) or 142 (3), is or would be disqualified for receiving unemployment benefit payable under Chapter 4 of Part II or unemployment assistance payable under Chapter 2 of Part III in his or her own right with the exception of a spouse who qualifies as an adult dependant by virtue of regulations made under section 3,

or

(v) a spouse who is entitled to or is in receipt of an allowance the rate of which is related to the rates of unemployment assistance payable under section 139 or unemployment benefit payable under section 31 or 32 in respect of a non-craft full-time training course approved by An Chomhairle Oiliúna under the Industrial Training Act, 1967 ,

or”.

(2) This section shall not apply to any entitlement to an increase in respect of any claim for benefit, pension, assistance or allowance which includes an increase for an adult dependant and which commences prior to the 1st day of January, 1988.