Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1981
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Death benefit—orphans. [1966 OI, s. 21] |
52.—(1) Death benefit shall be payable in respect of an orphan who is a child or step-child of the deceased and in respect of an orphan who was wholly or mainly maintained by the deceased at the date of his death. | |
(2) In the case of an orphan death benefit shall be a pension at the weekly rate set out in column (2) of Part I of the Second Schedule . | ||
(3) Section 99 shall apply to a pension under this section as it applies to an orphan's (contributory) allowance. | ||
[1969 MP, s. 13 (2)] | ||
(4) In deciding whether a pension under this section is payable, a person over the age of 18 years who, if he were under that age, would be a qualified child, shall be taken to be a qualified child for any period during which he is under the age of 21 years and is receiving full-time instruction by day at any university, college, school or other educational establishment. |