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Transitional provisions in relation to invalidity pension, retirement pension and death grant.
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16.—The following section is hereby inserted in the Act of 1952 after section 66A (inserted by the Act of 1960) :
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“66B. (1) Contributions paid under the National Health Insurance Acts, 1911 to 1952, by or in respect of an employed contributor may be taken into account in such manner and subject to such conditions and limitations as may be prescribed for the purpose of the satisfaction by him of the contribution conditions for invalidity pension or retirement pension.
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(2) Regulations may provide for modifications of the contribution conditions for death grant in the case of a person who is an insured person at the commencement of section 5 of the Social Welfare Act, 1970, and who during the year subsequent to such commencement is absent from the State for any period or is credited with contributions in respect of any period of unemployment, incapacity for work or retirement or is or becomes a voluntary contributor paying contributions at the rate specified in section 6 (2) (b) of this Act.
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(3) Regulations under this section shall be subject to the sanction of the Minister for Finance.”
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