PART IIISTATE PENSIONS

Extension of Christmas bonus for pensioners129

1

Section 146 of the Contributions and Benefits Act (Christmas bonus: interpretation) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1), after paragraph (k) insert—

l

a mobility supplement

3

In subsection (2)—

a

after the definition of “attendance allowance” insert—

  • “mobility supplement” means a supplement awarded in respect of disablement which affects a person’s ability to walk and for which the person is in receipt of war disablement pension;

b

in the definition of “retirement pension”, omit “, if paid periodically”,

c

in paragraph (b) of the definition of “unemployability supplement or allowance”, after sub-paragraph (iv) insert

or

v

under the Pensions (Navy, Army, Air Force and Mercantile Marine) Act 1939,