AI Summary of 178A. Relevant payments - conditions for receipt.
This document outlines the provisions for the payment of deserted wife's benefit as stipulated under the relevant sections of the Acts of 1993 and 1996. The benefit is payable to women who meet specific income thresholds and contribution conditions related to their husband's insurance record. Notably, those with qualifying assessments based on their income for the prior tax year or subsequent periods determined by an officer may still receive benefits, albeit at potentially reduced rates if stipulated by the regulations.
The contribution conditions are detailed and require a minimum of 156 qualifying weeks and an average yearly contribution rate that satisfies certain criteria. Additionally, regulations allow for payments to women who exceed income limits under defined circumstances, with the potential for varying rates based on their contribution averages. Various adjustments to benefits for residing children and beneficiaries of different ages are also specified.
178A. Relevant payments - conditions for receipt.
(1) Notwithstanding the provisions of Part V of the Act of 1996 -
(a) deserted wife's benefit under Chapter 18 of Part II of the Act of 1993 shall be payable to a woman who, in the case of a claim made on or after 31 August 1992 but before 2 January 1997, does not have an aggregate of reckonable income, reckonable earnings and reckonable emoluments in excess of a prescribed amount, in the last complete income tax year or in such subsequent period as a deciding officer or an appeals officer may consider appropriate,
(b) in the case of a woman who immediately before the commencement of section 19 of the Act of 1996 was in receipt of deserted wife's benefit under Chapter 18 of Part II of the Act of 1993, regulations may provide for the continued payment of deserted wife's benefit where -