(1) In this section and section 178A -
"Act of 1993" means the Social Welfare (Consolidation) Act 1993;
"Act of 1996" means the Social Welfare Act 1996;
"relevant payment" means - (a) deserted wife's benefit under Chapter 18 of Part II of the Act of 1993, (b) deserted wife's allowance under Chapter 7 of Part III of the Act of 1993, or (c) prisoner's wife's allowance under Chapter 8 of Part III of the Act of 1993, as the case may require.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of Part V (relating to one-parent family payment) of the Act of 1996, a woman who, immediately before the commencement of section 19 of that Act, is in receipt of a relevant payment, the said relevant payment shall be payable for the duration of the woman's continuous entitlement to the relevant payment in accordance with the provisions of the Act of 1993 and regulations made under the Act of 1993.
(3) Where, immediately before the commencement of section 19 (relating to repeals) of the Act of
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