Social Welfare Act, 1991

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Definition of “qualified child”.

6.—(1) Section 2 (1) of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for the definition of “qualified child” (inserted by section 6 of the Act of 1990) of the following definition:

“‘qualified child’ means a person who is ordinarily resident in the State, is not detained in a reformatory or an industrial school, and—

(a) for the purposes of—

(i) sections 21 (2), 26A (1) and 32 (2),

(ii) section 44 (2) as it applies to injury benefit, and

(iii) section 139 (b) in the case of an applicant for unemployment assistance other than as referred to in paragraph (b),

is under the age of 18 years,

(b) for the purposes of—

(i) section 44 (2) as it applies to disablement pension,

(ii) sections 50 (9), 81 (2), 86 (2), 91 (2), 95 (1), 103 (1), 156B (1) (b), 161 (1), 178 (1), 198C (1), 198I (1) and 232A, and

(iii) section 139 (b) in the case of an applicant who, in any continuous period of unemployment as construed in accordance with section 135 (2), has been in receipt of unemployment benefit or unemployment assistance for not less than 390 days—

(I) is under the age of 18 years, or

(II) is of or over the age of 18 years and under the age of 21 years, and is receiving full-time education, the circumstances of which shall be specified in regulations.”.

(2) The Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution in subsection (1) (inserted by section 12 of the Act of 1983) of section 223 for subparagraph (i) of paragraph (b) of the following subparagraph:

“(i) is receiving full-time education, the circumstances of which shall be specified in regulations, or”.

(3) This section shall come into operation on the 1st day of June, 1991, except in so far as it relates to the definition of “qualified child” (inserted by subsection (1) of this section) in section 2 (1) of the Principal Act for the purposes of section 139 (b) of that Act it shall come into operation on the 29th day of May, 1991, and for the purposes of section 232A of that Act it shall come into operation on the 24th day of October, 1991.