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Occupational injuries benefit (payment of prescribed relative allowance to certain pensioners).
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14.—(1) Section 50 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the addition of the following subsection:
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“(11) In the case of a person who has attained pensionable age, the weekly rate of pension under subsection (2) or (6) shall be increased by the amount set out in column (6) of Part I of the Second Schedule (as amended by the Social Welfare (Amendment) Act, 1981) for any period during which—
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(i) the beneficiary is so incapacitated as to require fulltime care and attention,
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(ii) there is residing with the beneficiary for the purpose of providing that care and attention a prescribed relative of the beneficiary, and
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(iii) such conditions as may be prescribed are fulfilled.”.
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(2) Section 51 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the substitution for subsection (2) of the following subsection:
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“(2) The death benefit shall be a pension at the weekly rate set out in column (2) of Part I of the Second Schedule, increased, in the case of a person who has attained pensionable age, by—
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(a) the amount set out in column (6) of that Part (as amended by the Social Welfare (Amendment) Act, 1981) for any period during which—
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(i) the beneficiary is so incapacitated as to require full-time care and attention,
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(ii) there is residing with the beneficiary for the purpose of providing that care and attention a prescribed relative of the beneficiary, and
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(iii) such conditions as may be prescribed are fulfilled;
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(b) the amount set out in column (7) of that Part where the beneficiary is living alone.
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(3) Section 124 of the Principal Act is hereby amended by the insertion of “50 (11), 51 (2),” after “sections”.
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