Widows' and Orphans' Pensions Act, 1935

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PART III.

Widows' (Non-Contributory) Pensions and Orphans' (Non-Contributory) Pensions.

Deceased persons in respect of whom Part III of this Act applies.

15.—This Part of this Act applies in respect of the following deceased persons, that is to say:—

(a) a person who—

(i) dies (whether before or after the passing of this Act) before the second appointed day, and

(ii) was an insured person under the National Health Insurance Acts at the date of his or her death;

(b) a person who—

(i) dies (whether before or after the passing of this Act) before the second appointed day, and

(ii) in case he or she was not over the age of seventy years at the date of his or her death, was engaged in an excepted employment to which this Act applies at the date of his or her death or, in case he or she was over the age of seventy years at the date of his or her death, was engaged in an excepted employment to which this Act applies on his or her seventieth birthday;

(c) a person—

(i) who dies on or after the second appointed day, and

(ii) who was not over the age of seventy years at the date of his or her death, and

(iii) who was an insured person under this Act at the date of his or her death, and

(iv) in respect of whom the statutory conditions had not been complied with;

(d) a person who—

(i) dies on or after the second appointed day, and

(ii) is over the age of seventy years on the second appointed day, and

(iii) either was an insured person under the National Health Insurance Acts at the date of his or her death, or was on his or her seventieth birthday engaged in an excepted employment to which this Act applies.