Social Welfare Act, 1997
Amendments consequential on section 19 . |
20.—(1) Each provision of the Principal Act mentioned in column (1) of Schedule E to this Act is hereby amended in the manner specified in column (2) of that Schedule. | |
(2) In the Principal Act and in any other enactment every reference to a widow's (non-contributory) pension shall be construed as a reference to a widow's (non-contributory) pension or a widower's (non-contributory) pension, as the case may require. | ||
(3) Section 150 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the renumbering of that section as subsection (1) thereof and the insertion of the following subsection: | ||
“(2) In this section, ‘pension’ means a widow's (non-contributory) pension, a widower's (non-contributory) pension or an orphan's (non-contributory) pension, as the case may require.”. |