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Conditions for receipt.
[1952, Sch. 4; 1960 MP, s. 15; 1972, s. 14; 1978 AM, s. 13]
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25.—(1) The contribution conditions for maternity allowance are—
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(a) that the claimant has qualifying contributions in respect of not less than 26 contribution weeks in the period beginning with her entry into insurance and ending immediately before the relevant time, and
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(b) that the claimant has qualifying contributions or credited contributions in respect of not less than 26 contribution weeks in the last complete contribution year before the beginning of the benefit year in which the relevant time occurs or in a subsequent complete contribution year before the relevant time.
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In this subsection “relevant time” means the date of commencement of the 6th week before the end of the expected week of confinement.
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[1952, s. 14]
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(2) Regulations may provide for modifications of these contribution conditions but, where such regulations are proposed to be made, a draft thereof shall be laid before each House of the Oireachtas and the regulations shall not be made until a resolution approving of the draft has been passed by each such House.
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