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Version date: 21 April 1997 - onwards
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3. Survivor's pension.

Repealed from 21 April 1997

(1) Section 100 of the Principal Act (inserted by section 11 of the Act of 1994) is hereby amended by the substitution for the definitions of "spouse" and "survivor" of the following definitions:

"'spouse', in relation to a survivor who has been married more than once, refers only to the survivor's last spouse and for this purpose that last spouse shall be construed as including a party to a marriage that has been dissolved, being a dissolution that is recognised as valid in the State;

'survivor' means a widow, a widower or a person who would otherwise be a widow or a widower but for the fact that the person's marriage has been dissolved, being a dissolution that is recognised as valid in the State;".

(2) Section 101 of the Principal Act (inserted by section 11 of the Act of 1994) is hereby amended by -

(a) the substitution for paragraph (b) of subsection (1) of the following paragraph:

"(b) if the survivor's spouse was entitled to an old age (contributory) pension or a retiremen

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