Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1966

Increase of rates of old age pensions.

2.—(1) Section 77 of the Act of 1952 is hereby amended by the substitution for the Table to subsection (2) (inserted by the Act of 1965) of the following Table:

“TABLE

Rate of Pension

Means of claimant or pensioner

Weekly Rates

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—

are Nil

52

6

62

6

72

6

}

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

exceed Nil but do not exceed £26 5s. 0d.

47

6

57

6

67

6

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) Subsection (1) of this section shall come into operation on the 1st day of November, 1966.