Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1960

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

5.—In the Table to section 25 of the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1935 , being the section inserted by section 106 of the Act of 1952, for the rates set forth therein, there are hereby substituted the rates set forth in the Table to this section.

TABLE.

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

Means of orphan

Weekly rates

s.

d.

Where the yearly means of the orphan as duly calculated—

do not exceed £6 12s. 6d.

15

0

exceed

£6  12s.  6d.

but

do

not

exceed

£13  2s.  6d.

11

6

£13  2s.  6d.

£19 12s. 6d.

  7

  6

£19  12s.  6d.

£26  5s.  0d.

  4

  0

£26  5s.  0d.

  No

  pension