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Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1968
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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 ninety-five pounds” for “one hundred and sixty-nine pounds” (inserted by the Act of 1967) in each place where it occurs in subsection (2) (inserted by the Act of 1964),

(b) the substitution of “one hundred and eighty-two pounds” for “one hundred and fifty-six pounds” (inserted by the Act of 1967) in that subsection,

(c) the substitution of “five shillings” for “seven shillings and sixpence” in that subsection, and

(d) the substitution for the Table to that subsection (inserted by the Act of 1967) 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

65

0

77

6

90

0

}

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

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

60

0

72

6

85

0

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

55

0

67

6

80

0

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

50

0

62

6

75

0

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

45

0

57

6

70

0

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

40

0

52

6

65

0

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

35

0

47

6

60

0

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

30

0

42

6

55

0

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

25

0

37

6

50

0

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

20

0

32

6

45

0

exceed £156 15s. 0d. but do not exceed £169 15s. 0d.

15

0

27

6

40

0

exceed £169 15s. 0d. but do not exceed £182 15s. 0d.

10

0

22

6

35

0

exceed £182 15s. 0d. but do not exceed £195 15s. 0d.

5

0

17

6

30

0

”

(2) Section 8 of the Old Age Pensions Act, 1924 , is hereby amended by—

(a) the substitution in subsection (1) of “one hundred and ninety-five pounds” for “one hundred and sixty-nine pounds” (inserted by the Act of 1967),

and

(b) the substitution in subsection (1) of the following for paragraphs (ii) and (iii) (inserted by the Act of 1964):

“(ii) in case the person has one or more than one qualified child, the appropriate highest amount of means at which pension may be paid to that person under section 77 (2) (b) of the Social Welfare Act, 1952 .”.

(3) Subsections (1) and (2) of this section shall come into operation on the 2nd day of August, 1968.