Oireachtas (Allowances To Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1992
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Pensions for widowers of deceased office holders. |
8.—The provisions of the Act of 1952 and of section 20 of the Principal Act shall apply to widowers of deceased holders of qualifying offices (within the meaning of Part IV of the Principal Act) and the provisions of the said section 20 shall apply to the children of all such holders and, accordingly— | |
(a) references in the Act of 1952 and in the said section 20 to a widow, a widow's pension and a mother, shall be construed as including references to a widower, a widower's pension and a father, respectively, | ||
(b) the reference in section 21 (4) of the Principal Act to widows' pensions shall be construed as including a reference to widowers' pensions, and | ||
(c) the reference in section 10 (2) of the Oireachtas (Allowances to Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1968 , to a widow's pension shall be construed as including a reference to a widower's pension. |