Social Welfare and Automatic Enrolment Retirement Savings System (Amendment) Act 2025

Back to work family dividend – extension of eligibility

10. (1) Section 238A of the Principal Act is amended, in the definition of “relevant payment”—

(a) in paragraph (a), by the substitution of “payment,” for “payment, or”,

(b) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of “section 148A,” for “section 148A;”, and

(c) by the insertion of the following paragraphs after paragraph (b):

“(c) blind pension, or

(d) disability allowance;”.

(2) Section 238B of the Principal Act is amended, in subsection (1)—

(a) in paragraph (a)(i), by the insertion of “blind pension, disability allowance,” after “jobseeker’s allowance,”, and

(b) in paragraph (b)(i), by the insertion of “, blind pension, disability allowance” after “jobseeker’s allowance”.

(3) This section comes into operation on 1 January 2026.