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Amendment of section 40 of Principal Act (entitlement to illness benefit)
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35. Section 40(1) of the Principal Act is amended, by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (a):
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“(a) on the day for which the benefit is claimed—
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(i) the person is under pensionable age, or
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(ii) the person was born on or after 1 January 1958 and has attained pensionable age but has neither attained the age of 70 years nor been awarded a State pension (contributory),”.
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