Social Welfare Act, 1970

Amendment of section 9 of Act of 1952 (return of sums paid in error by way of contributions).

19.—Section 9 of the Act of 1952 is hereby amended by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (2) (inserted by the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1962 ):

“(3) Regulations shall provide for the return, subject to any conditions, restrictions and deductions specified in the regulations, of so much of any contribution paid by an employed contributor or a voluntary contributor who entered into insurance for the purposes of paragraph 9 of the Fourth Schedule to this Act after he had attained the age of fifty-five years as is determined in accordance with the regulation ions to have been paid in respect of retirement pension.”