Social Welfare Act, 1952

Amendment of statutory condition as to residence.

80.—(1) The Act of 1932 is hereby amended—

(i) by the substitution in subsection (1) of section 2 of the words “fifteen years” for the words “thirty years” and of the words “five years of that period were subsequent to his attaining the age of fifty years, or in the case of any other person five years of that period were a continuous period ending immediately before the date of the application for an old age pension” for the words “six years, or in the case of any other person not less than sixteen years of that period were subsequent to his attaining the age of fifty years,”

(ii) by the substitution in paragraph (c) of section 6 of the words “five years” and “fifteen years” for the words “six years” and “sixteen years” respectively.

(2) Where a woman was, immediately before she attained the age of seventy years, entitled to a widow's (non-contributory) pension under the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Acts, 1935 to 1952, it shall not be necessary for the statutory condition imposed by subsection (1) of section 2 of the Act of 1932, as amended by this section, to be satisfied in her case.

(3) Subsections (1) and (2) of this section shall come into operation on the 2nd day of January, 1953.