Social Welfare (Amendment) Act, 1960

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Partial satisfaction of contribution conditions for old age (contributory) pension.

10.—The following section is hereby inserted after section 28 of the Principal Act:

“28A. (1) Subject to the provisions of this section, regulations made with the sanction of the Minister for Finance may provide for entitling to old age (contributory) pension persons who would be entitled thereto but for the fact that the relevant contribution conditions are not satisfied as respects the average number of contributions paid or credited per contribution year.

(2) Regulations for the purposes of this section shall provide that old age (contributory) pension payable by virtue thereof shall be payable at a rate less than that specified in the Third Schedule to this Act, and the rate specified by the regulations may vary with the extent to which the contribution conditions are satisfied, but any increase of benefit payable under subsection (2) of section 26 of this Act shall be the same as if the relevant contribution conditions had been fully satisfied.”