Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner’s Pension and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2025

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PART 3

Miscellaneous Amendments to Principal Act and Family Courts Act 2024

Invalidity Pension

19. The Principal Act is amended—

(a) in section 113A—

(i) in subsection (1) by the insertion of “, and subject to subsection (1A),” after “under this Chapter”, and

(ii) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1):

“(1A) In the case of a person who, on the date of passing of the Social Welfare (Bereaved Partner’s Pension and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2025, has attained pensionable age and is in receipt of a payment under Chapter 17 of this Part, the following shall apply on and after that date:

(a) invalidity pension shall cease to be payable, and

(b) State pension (contributory) shall be payable in accordance with this section.”,

(b) in section 118, by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1):

“(1) Subject to this Act, a person shall be entitled to invalidity pension where he or she—

(a) is under pensionable age,

(b) is permanently incapable of working in insurable employment or insurable self-employment, and the reason for which incapacity is as a direct result of the person concerned being incapable of work and for no other reason,

(c) would be available to work in insurable employment or insurable self-employment were it not for this incapacity, and

(d) satisfies the contribution conditions in section 119.”,

(c) in section 122, by the deletion of subsection (5), and

(d) in Part 1 of Schedule 2, by the substitution of the following reference for reference 4:

“

”.