The Pensions Act, 1990, is hereby amended as follows:

(a) in subsection (4)(a) (inserted by the Pensions (Amendment) Act, 1996) of section 5, by the substitution of "paragraph (c) or (cc) of section 10(1)" for "section 10(1)(c),",

(b) subsection (4) (inserted by the Pensions (Amendment) Act, 1996) of section 5 shall apply and have effect in relation to section 17 as it applies and has effect in relation to section 12 of the Act of 1995 with the modifications that -

(i) the reference to the said section 12 shall be construed as a reference to section 17,

(ii) the reference in paragraph (c) to the Family Law Act, 1995, shall be construed as a reference to the Family Law (Divorce) Act, 1996,