Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1993
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Single woman's allowance — transitional provisions. |
[1992, s. 37(5)] | |
131.—(1) Where, immediately before the appointed day, a woman had applied for a single woman's allowance, and that application had not been finally determined, pre-retirement allowance shall be payable to her at the same rate as the single woman's allowance which, but for section 37 of the Social Welfare Act, 1992 , would have been payable to her. | ||
[1992, s. 37(6)] | ||
(2) Where, on the appointed day, a single woman was of or over the age of 56 years and under the age of 58 years, she shall, if she had not already qualified for pre-retirement allowance, be deemed for the purposes of the pre-retirement allowance— | ||
(a) to be retired within the meaning of regulations made for the purposes of section 129(b), and | ||
(b) to have complied with the requirement contained in section 127(1)(b), | ||
when she attains the age of 58 years. |