Social Welfare Act, 1973
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Reduction of qualifying age for pension purposes. |
11.—(1) Each of the following provisions is hereby amended by the substitution of “sixty-nine” for “seventy” where it occurs:— | |
(a) section 2 (1) of the Old Age Pensions Act, 1908, | ||
(b) section 6 of the Old Age Pensions Act, 1932 , | ||
(c) section 10 (3) (b) of the Act of 1933, | ||
(d) sections 21 (inserted by the Act of 1964), 22 (1) and 36 (a) (i) of the Act of 1935, and | ||
(e) sections 80 (2) and 81 (1) of the Act of 1952. | ||
(2) (a) Section 2 (1) of the Act of 1952 is hereby amended by the substitution of “sixty-nine” for “seventy” in the definition of “pensionable age”. | ||
(b) Section 26 (4) (inserted by the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1968 , and amended by the Act of 1972) of the Act of 1952 is hereby amended by the substitution of “pensionable age” for “the age of 70 years”. | ||
(c) Section 81 (1) of the Act of 1952 (as amended by this Act) is hereby amended by the substitution of “sixty-ninth anniversary” for “seventieth anniversary”. | ||
(d) Sections 21 (1) (as amended by this Act) and 22 (1) (b) of the Act of 1970 are hereby amended by the substitution of “pensionable age” for “the age of seventy years” where it occurs. | ||
(3) This section shall come into operation on the 2nd day of July, 1973. |