Oireachtas (Allowances To Members) and Ministerial and Parliamentary Offices (Amendment) Act, 1992

Restrictions of sections 13A and 13B of Principal Act.

9.—Where a widow's pension or a widower's pension is payable under section 20 of the Principal Act or under the Act of 1952 in respect of a deceased person who has held a qualifying office—

(a) the amount of such pension shall be calculated as if paragraphs (b) and (f) of subsection (7) of section 13A of the Principal Act (inserted by section 7 of this Act) or, where appropriate, subsection (7) of section 13B (inserted by the said section 7 ) of the Principal Act did not apply in the case of the said deceased person, and

(b) if the said deceased person held a qualifying office before the operative date as defined in section 13 of the Principal Act (amended by section 6 of this Act), the amount of such pension shall not in any case be less than the pension which would have been payable if—

(i) the said deceased person had served for less than 1,095 days in a qualifying office other than a ministerial office (within the meaning of Part IV of the Principal Act), and

(ii) the said section 13A did not apply in the case of the said deceased person.