Social Welfare Act, 1948
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Review and prospective adjustment of pensions. |
7.—(1) In this section— | |
the expression “existing pension” means a pension which— | ||
(a) is payable at the date of the passing of this Act, or | ||
(b) commences to accrue before the 7th day of January, 1949; | ||
the expression “the appropriate new weekly rate” means, in relation to an existing pension, the weekly rate which, having regard to Chapter II of this Part, will, if such pension continues to be payable after the 6th day of January, 1949, be applicable to such pension. | ||
(2) Every pension officer shall proceed to review every existing pension in his area and shall, subject to subsection (3) of this section, adjust, with effect as from the 7th day of January, 1949, such pension to the appropriate new weekly rate, and such pension, if it continues to be payable after the 6th day of January, 1949, shall, subject to the provisions of the Acts and Chapter II of this Part, be payable, as on and from the 7th day of January, 1949, at the weekly rate to which it is so adjusted. | ||
(3) For the purposes of the review and adjustment of an existing pension under this section, the reference to the yearly means of the pensioner, contained in the Table to section 9 of this Act, shall be construed as a reference to the yearly means of the pensioner as they stood determined at the date of the review and adjustment. |