Social Welfare Act, 1952

Widows' and orphans' (non-contributory) pensions.

61.—(1) Payments made on or after the appointed day in respect of a widow's (non-contributory) pension or an orphan's (non-contributory) pension under the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Acts, 1935 to 1952, shall be made out of moneys provided by the Oireachtas.

(2) Where, as respects a widow's (non-contributory) pension which is payable under the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Acts, 1935 to 1952, and which includes an allowance in respect of children, the day from which the pension becomes payable is, or is after, the appointed day, the rate of the pension shall not exceed thirty-two shillings per week.

(3) In the application of section 55 of the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1935 (No. 29 of 1935), in relation to any period beginning on or after the appointed day, the reference in subsection (1) of that section to the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Fund shall be construed as a reference to moneys provided by the Oireachtas.

(4) In the application of subsection (1) of section 56 of the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1935 , in relation to any period beginning on or after the appointed day, that subsection shall be construed as if the words “and shall, in such case, pay to the Minister for Industry and Commerce out of the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Fund a sum equal to the amount by which the arrears are so reduced” were omitted.

(5) In the application of subsection (3) of section 57 of the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1935 , to any sum repaid or recovered under that section in respect of any period beginning on or after the appointed day, that subsection shall be construed as if the words “or disposed of for the benefit of the Exchequer in such manner as the Minister for Finance may direct” were substituted for the words “the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Fund”.