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Amendment of Fourth Schedule to Principal Act (contribution conditions).
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16.—The Fourth Schedule to the Principal Act is hereby amended by—
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(a) the insertion in paragraph 1 thereof after “paragraph 3” of “or 3A”,
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(b) the substitution for the definition of “relevant time” in paragraph 4 thereof of the following definition: “relevant time” means—
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(i) the date of the husband's attaining pensionable age or dying under that age, or
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(ii) if the conditions are being satisfied on the widow's insurance record—
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(I) the date of the husband's death, or
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(II) if the widow attained pensionable age before the date of the husband's death, the date of the widow's attaining pensionable age,
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and
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(c) the addition at the end thereof of the following paragraph:
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“6. Old age (contributory) pension.
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The contribution conditions for an old age (contributory) pension are—
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(a) that the claimant has entered insurance before attaining the age of sixty,
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(b) that not less than one hundred and fifty-six employment contributions have been paid in respect of the claimant since his entry into insurance, and
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(c) that the average per contribution year of the contributions paid in respect of or credited to the claimant in respect of the period beginning at the beginning of the contribution year in which the claimant's entry into insurance occurred and ending at the end of the last complete contribution year before the date of his attaining pensionable age is not less than forty-eight,
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but employment contributions under paragraphs 4 and 5 (inserted by the Regulations of 1956) of the Second Schedule to this Act paid in respect of the claimant shall be disregarded in determining for the purposes of the foregoing conditions the number of contributions which have been paid in respect of the claimant.”
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