(1) The Principal Act is hereby amended by the repeal of -
(a) paragraph (i) of section 134(1), and
(b) section 198.
(2) Notwithstanding Chapter 2A of Part III of the Principal Act and regulations made thereunder, where, immediately before the day appointed for the commencement of this section, a woman, who has not attained pensionable age, is in receipt of single woman's allowance by virtue of section 198 of the Principal Act, pre-retirement allowance shall be payable to her from the day so appointed at the same rate as the said single woman's allowance which is payable to her immediately before the day so appointed:
Provided that she continues to satisfy the conditions as to means prescribed for the purposes of Chapter 2A of Part III of that Act.
(3) For the purposes of subsection (2) a woman who is in receipt of single woman's allowance immediately before the day appointed for the commencement of this section shall be deemed -
(a) to be retired within the meaning of regulations