Social Welfare Act, 1959

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Increase of rates of widows' (non-contributory) pensions.

3.—In Table B to section 20 of the Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1935 , being the section inserted by section 105 of the Social Welfare Act, 1952 , for the rates set forth therein by virtue of subsection (1) of section 3 of the Social Welfare Act, 1957 , there are hereby substituted the rates set forth in the Table to this section.

TABLE.

Weekly Rates of Widows' (Non-Contributory) Pensions.

	Weekly Rates
Means of Widow	Widow, no qualified child.		Widow, one qualified child.		Widow, two or more qualified children.
(1)	(2)		(3)		(4)
	s.	d.	s.	d.	s.	d.
Where the yearly means of the widow as duly calculated—
do not exceed £52 10s. 0d.	26	0	34	0	41	0
exceed £52 10s. 0d. but do not exceed £65 10s. 0d.	21	0	29	0	36	0
exceed £65 10s. 0d. but do not exceed £78 10s. 0d.	16	0	24	0	31	0
exceed £78 10s. 0d. but do not exceed £104 15s. 0d.	11	0	19	0	26	0
exceed £104 15s. 0d. but do not exceed £117 15s. 0d.	No pension		8	0	15	0
exceed £117 15s. 0d. but do not exceed £130 15s. 0d.	No pension		No pension		7	0
exceed £130 15s. 0d.	No pension		No pension		No pension