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,