Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1960

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Increase of rates of widows' (non-contributory) pensions.

4.—In Table B to section 20 of the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1935 , being the section inserted by section 105 of the Act of 1952, for the rates set forth therein by virtue of section 3 of the Social Welfare Act, 1959 , there are hereby substituted the rates set forth in the Table to this section.

TABLE.

Weekly Rates of Widows' (Non-Contributory) Pensions.

	Weekly Rates
Means of Widow	Widow, no qualified child	Widow, one qualified child	Widow, two or more qualified children
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
	shillings	shillings	shillings
Where the yearly means of the widow as duly calculated—
do not exceed £52 10s. 0d.	27	36	44	}	Plus, where there are more than two qualified children, 3 shillings and 6 pence for each qualified child in excess of two.
exceed £52 10s. 0d. but do not exceed £65 10s. 0d.	22	31	39
exceed £65 10s. 0d. but do not exceed £78 10s. 0d.	17	26	34
exceed £78 10s. 0d. but do not exceed £104 15s. 0d.	12	21	29
exceed £104 15s. 0d. but do not exceed £117 15s. 0d.	No pension	9	17
exceed £117 15s. 0d. but do not exceed £130 15s. 0d.	No pension	No pension	9
exceed £130 15s. 0d.	No pension	No pension	No pension