Social Welfare Act, 2001

Disability allowance — removal of couple limitation.

16.—(1) The Principal Act is amended by—

(a) the deletion of section 191E (inserted by section 32(1)(c) of the Act of 1999), and

(b) the substitution in subsection (2) of section 191P (inserted by section 15 of the Act of 1999) for “pre-retirement allowance, disability allowance or farm assist” in each place where those words occur of “pre-retirement allowance or farm assist”.

(2) This section comes into operation on 4 April 2001.