Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1965

Increase of rates of old age pensions.

2.—(1) Section 77 of the Act of 1952 is hereby amended by—

(a) the substitution of “one hundred and fifty-six pounds” for “one hundred and forty-three pounds” in each place where it occurs in subsection (2) (inserted by the Act of 1964),

(b) the substitution of “one hundred and forty-three pounds” for “one hundred and thirty pounds” in that subsection, and

(c) the substitution for the Table to that subsection of the following Table:

“TABLE

Rate of Pension

Weekly Rates

Means of claimant or pensioner

Claimant or pensioner, no qualified child

Claimant or pensioner, one qualified child

Claimant or pensioner, two or more qualified children

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

s.

d.

s.

d.

s.

d.

Where the yearly means of the claimant or pensioner as duly calculated—

do not exceed £26 5s. 0d.

47

6

57

6

67

6

}

Plus, where there are more than two qualified children, five shillings for each qualified child in excess of two.

exceed £26 5s. 0d. but do not exceed £52 10s. 0d.

42

6

52

6

62

6

exceed £52 10s. 0d. but do not exceed £65 10s. 0d.

37

6

47

6

57

6

exceed £65 10s. 0d. but do not exceed £78 10s. 0d.

32

6

42

6

52

6

exceed £78 10s. 0d. but do not exceed £104 15s. 0d.

27

6

37

6

47

6

exceed £104 15s. 0d. but do not exceed £117 15s. 0d.

22

6

32

6

42

6

exceed £117 15s. 0d. but do not exceed £130 15s. 0d.

17

6

27

6

37

6

exceed £130 15s. 0d. but do not exceed £143 15s. 0d.

12

6

22

6

32

6

exceed £143 15s. 0d. but do not exceed £156 15s. 0d.

7

6

17

6

27

6

”.

(2) Section 8 of the Old Age Pensions Act, 1924, is hereby amended by the substitution in subsection (1) of “one hundred and fifty-six pounds” for “one hundred and forty-three pounds” (inserted by the Act of 1964).

(3) Subsections (1) and (2) of this section shall come into operation on the 1st day of August, 1965.