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SOCIAL WELFARE ACT, 2000
PART IV Widowed Parent Grant | ||
Widowed parent grant. |
13. —The Principal Act is amended by the insertion after Chapter 19 of Part II of the following Chapter: | |
“Chapter 19A | ||
Widowed Parent Grant | ||
116A.—(1) Subject to this Act, a grant (in this section referred to as a ‘widowed parent grant’) of £1,000, or such higher amount as may be prescribed, shall be paid to a widowed parent on the death of his or her spouse. | ||
(2) In this Chapter— | ||
‘spouse’ includes a party to a marriage that has been dissolved, being a dissolution that is recognised as valid in the State and in relation to a widow or widower who has been married more than once, refers only to the widow's or widower's last spouse; | ||
‘widow’ includes a woman who would otherwise be a widow but for the fact that her marriage has been dissolved, being a dissolution that is recognised as valid in the State; | ||
‘widowed parent’ means a widow or widower who— | ||
(a) has at least one qualified child who normally resides with him or her, and | ||
(b) (i) is entitled to or in receipt of bereavement grant, or | ||
(ii) is entitled to or in receipt of— | ||
(I) death benefit under section 60, or | ||
(II) widow's (contributory) pension, or | ||
(III) widower's (contributory) pension, or | ||
(IV) widow's or widower's (contributory) pension by virtue Council Regulation (EEC) No. 1408/71 of the Council of 14 June 19711 or by virtue of a reciprocal agreement under section 238, or | ||
(V) one-parent family payment, | ||
which includes an increase in respect of a qualified child; | ||
‘widower’ includes a man who would otherwise be a widower but for the fact that his marriage has been dissolved, being a dissolution that is recognised as valid in the State.”. | ||
Amendments consequential on section 13 . |
14. —Each provision of the Principal Act mentioned in column (1) of Schedule D to this Act is amended in the manner specified in column (2) of that Schedule opposite the mention of the provision in column (1). | |
Application of provisions. |
15. —This Part applies in respect of a person who became a widow or widower on or after 1 December 1999. | |