Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1966
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Amendment of section 28A of Act of 1952. |
6.—(1) Section 28A (inserted by the Act of 1960) of the Act of 1952 is hereby amended by— | |
(a) the insertion in subsection (1) after “old age (contributory) pension” of “or widow's (contributory) pension”, and | ||
(b) the insertion after subsection (2) of the following subsection: | ||
“(3) Regulations for the purposes of this section shall provide that widow's (contributory) pension payable by virtue thereof shall be payable at a rate less than that specified in the Third Schedule to this Act, and the rates specified by the regulations may vary with the extent to which the contribution conditions are satisfied but any increase of benefit payable under section 27 (2) of this Act shall be the same as if the relevant contribution conditions had been fully satisfied.” | ||
(2) Subsection (1) of this section shall come into operation on such day as the Minister may appoint under section 5 of this Act. |