Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1966

Payment of pension under Acts in lieu of widow's (contributory) pension or old age (contributory) pension in certain cases.

13.—(1) Where a person who has attained pensionable age is in receipt of or entitled to a widow's (contributory) pension or old age (contributory) pension or is a person in respect of whom an increase of the latter pension is payable by virtue of section 26 (2) of the Act of 1952, and would, but for section 20 of the Act of 1960, be qualified for the receipt of a pension under the Acts—

(a) the person may, notwithstanding anything contained in the said section 20, be paid the pension under the Acts for any period during which the rate of pension payable under the Acts would be greater than the rate of widow's (contributory) pension, old age (contributory) pension or the increase thereof, as the case may be, payable, and

(b) in any case where the pension under the Acts is so paid, entitlement to widow's (contributory) pension, old age (contributory) pension or the increase thereof, as the case may be, shall continue but the amount of any such pension or increase payable during any such period—

(i) shall not be paid to or in respect of the person, and

(ii) shall be paid out of the Social Insurance Fund to the Exchequer.

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