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Pre-retirement allowance — amendments.
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21.— Section 149 of the Principal Act is amended—
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(a) in subsection (1), by substituting the following for paragraph (c)(iii)(II):
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“(II) carer’s allowance, but—
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(A) has ceased to be entitled to carer’s allowance by virtue of no longer being regarded as a carer within the meaning of section 179(1), or
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(B) was in receipt of pre-retirement allowance immediately before receiving carer’s allowance.”,
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(b) in subsection (7) (inserted by section 15 of the Act of 2006), by substituting “subsections (8) and (9)” for “subsection (8)”, and
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(c) by inserting the following after subsection (8) (inserted by section 15 of the Act of 2006):
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“(9) Subsection (7) shall not apply to a person who—
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(a) was in receipt of carer’s allowance immediately before the date prescribed for the purposes of subsection (7), and
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(b) was in receipt of pre-retirement allowance immediately before receiving carer’s allowance.”.
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