Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act, 1993
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CHAPTER 8 Prisoner's Wife's Allowance | ||
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Entitlement to allowance. |
[1981, s. 196(1); 1990, s. 13; 1993, s. 38(8); S.I. No. 272 of 1990 , A. 15(1)] | |
155.—(1) Subject to this Act and regulations, prisoner's wife's allowance shall be paid to a woman— | ||
(a) whose husband, being a prisoner, has been committed in custody to a prison or place of detention for a period of not less than 6 months, | ||
(b) who is 40 years of age or over, and | ||
(c) who satisfies the conditions as to means calculated in accordance with the Rules contained in Part II of the Third Schedule . | ||
[1981, s. 196(2)] | ||
(2) The rate of prisoner's wife's allowance shall be the same as the rate of the widow's (non-contributory) pension which would be payable to the woman under Chapter 6 if she were a widow. | ||
[1981, s. 196(3)] | ||
(3) A prisoner's wife's allowance shall continue to be paid for a period of 4 weeks after the release of the prisoner from a prison or place of detention. |