Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005
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 Regulations. [1998 s18]  |    
 151.—The Minister may make regulations for the purpose of giving effect to this Chapter and those regulations may, in particular and without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing—  | |
(a) specify the age for the purposes of section 149 (1)(a),  | ||
(b) specify the periods which shall be regarded as periods of retirement for the purposes of this Chapter,  | ||
(c) specify the circumstances in which a person is to be regarded as a separated spouse for the purposes of section 149 (1)(c)(ii), and  | ||
(d) vary the weekly rate of pre-retirement allowance under section 150 , but any such variation shall not reduce the weekly rates applicable immediately before the commencement of the regulations.  |