Social Welfare Act, 1989
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Overlapping benefits. |
27.—(1) Section 130 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion after subsection (4) (inserted by section 15 of the Social Welfare Act, 1984 ) of the following subsection: | |
“(5) Where a woman who has attained pensionable age would, but for this subsection, be entitled in respect of any period to— | ||
(a) a widow’s (non-contributory) pension under section 177, | ||
(b) a deserted wife’s allowance under section 195, | ||
(c) a prisoner’s wife’s allowance under section 196, or | ||
(d) a social assistance allowance under section 197, | ||
and either an old age (contributory) pension under section 78 or an old age (non-contributory) pension under section 158, only one such pension or allowance shall be payable.”. | ||
(2) The Social Welfare (Overlapping Benefits) (Amendment) Regulations, 1979 (S.I. No. 118 of 1979), are hereby revoked. |