C61

Prospective amending provision: section inserted by Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2008 (2/2008), s. 12(a)—as partly amended (with retrospective effect from 7.03.2008) by Social Welfare and Pensions Act 2014 (16/2014), s. 12(1)(a), commenced on enactment and as per subs. (2)—not commenced as of date of revision.

F979[161G.— Subject to this Act and to regulations made under this Act, an allowance (in this Act referred to as ‘blind welfare allowance’) is payable to a person if—

(a) the person—

(i) has attained the age of 18 years, or

(ii) has attained the age of 16 years and is in receipt of or entitled to disability allowance under Chapter 10 of this Part,

(b) the weekly means of the person as calculated in accordance with Part 4 of Schedule 3 do not exceed the appropriate highest amount of weekly means at which blind welfare allowance may be paid to that person in accordance with section 161H,

(c) the person—

(i) is in receipt of blind pension under Chapter 5 of this Part,

(ii) is on the National Blind Register compiled by the National Council for the Blind of Ireland, or

(iii) submits a certificate of visual impairment, containing such information as is prescribed, from a registered ophthalmic surgeon or a registered optometrist,

and

(d) the person is habitually resident in the State F980[…]. ]