11.— Section 108 of the Principal Act (substituted by section 8 of the Act of 2006) is amended—

( a) in subsection (2) by substituting the following for paragraph ( a) of the definition of “homemaker”:

“( a) is resident in the State, or is a person referred to in paragraph ( a), ( b) or ( c) of section 219(2), and is under pensionable age,”,

( b) by substituting the following for subsection (2A):

“(2A) The question whether a person satisfies the criteria set out in the definition of ‘homemaker’ in subsection (2) is a question that may be decided by a deciding officer.”.