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Absence from the State.
[1935 WOPS, s. 29; 1937 WOPS, s. 18; 1978, s. 8]
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186.—(1) Where during any period a person is resident outside the State, the following provisions shall have effect—
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(a) a pension shall not be granted to or in respect of that person,
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(b) if a pension has been granted to or in respect of that person, no sum shall be payable during that period on account of that pension.
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(2) Nothing contained in subsection (1) shall operate to prevent, in the case of a person resident for any period outside the State—
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(a) a pension being granted to or in respect of that person if a claim for that pension was made prior to that person becoming so resident, or
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(b) a pension granted by virtue of paragraph (a) being paid for any period prior to (but not after) that person becoming so resident, or
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(c) any arrears of a pension granted to or in respect of that person (being arrears due for a period prior to that person becoming so resident) being paid.
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