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Bereavement grant — improvements.
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18.— Section 134(3) of the Principal Act is amended by substituting the following for the definition of “qualified child”:
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“ ‘ qualified child ’, in section 134(1)(b), means—
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(a) a person—
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(i) who, at the date of death, is under the age of 18 years or over the age of 18 years and under the age of 22 years, and is receiving full-time education, the circumstances of which will be specified in regulations,
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(ii) who is ordinarily resident in the State on that date, and
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(iii) in respect of whose death the relevant contribution conditions for bereavement grant are not satisfied by the person’s insurance or the insurance of that person’s spouse,
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or
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(b) a person who, at the date of death, is over the age of 16 years and under the age of 22 years and is in receipt of disability allowance.”.
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