Social Welfare Act, 1996
Widow's and widower's (contributory) pension. |
27.—(1) Section 101 (inserted by section 11 of the Act of 1994) of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion after subsection (4) of the following subsection: | |
“(5) A person who, having ceased to be entitled to a pension by virtue of that person's remarriage, shall, on again becoming a widow or widower, be entitled to a pension at the rate which would have been payable had the person not remarried where the person— | ||
(a) fails to satisfy the conditions set out in section 101(1), or | ||
(b) on satisfying the conditions set out in section 101(1), is entitled to a pension at a rate below that which would have been payable had the person not remarried.”. | ||
(2) Each provision of the Principal Act mentioned in column (1) of Schedule G to this Act is hereby amended in the manner specified in column (2) of that Schedule opposite the mention of that provision in column (1). | ||
(3) Every reference in the Principal Act or in any other enactment to a survivor's pension shall be construed as a reference to a widow's (contributory) pension or a widower's (contributory) pension, as the case may require. | ||
(4) Section 13(5) of the Act of 1994 is hereby repealed. |