Social Welfare Act, 1997

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Amendments consequential on section 15 .

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

(a) the substitution in section 2 for the definition of “day of incapacity for work” of the following definition:

“‘day of incapacity for work’ save where the context otherwise requires in relation to Part II, has the meaning assigned in section 31, and in relation to Chapter 13 of Part III, has the meaning assigned in section 191G (4);”,

(b) the insertion in section 35 after subsection (5) of the following subsection:

“(5A) For the purposes of this section, any day in respect of which a person receives sickness allowance while he is entitled to sickness benefit shall be treated as though it were a day in respect of which sickness benefit was paid.”,

(c) the insertion in section 118 (1) after paragraph (k) (inserted by section 15 of the Act of 1996) of the following paragraph:

“(l) sickness allowance.”, and

(d) the insertion in Part I (inserted by section 4 of this Act) of the Fourth Schedule after the rate of allowance contained at reference 9 (inserted by section 15 of the Act of 1996) of the following rates:

“10 Sickness Allowance..

.”.

(2) Section 210 (as amended by section 15 of the Act of 1996) of the Principal Act is hereby amended by—

(a) the insertion in the definition of “benefit” in subsection (1) after paragraph (kk) of the following paragraph:

“(kkk) sickness allowance,”,

(b) the substitution in paragraph (a) of subsection (2) for “to (kk)” of “to (kkk)”, and

(c) the substitution in paragraph (c) of subsection (2) for “to (kk)” of “to (kkk)”.

(3) Each provision of the Principal Act mentioned in column (1) of Schedule C to this Act is hereby amended in the manner specified in column (2) of that Schedule opposite the mention of that provision in column (1).