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Social Welfare Act, 1971

Increase of rates of old age pensions.

2.—(1) Section 77 of the Act of 1952 is hereby amended by—

(a) the substitution of “two hundred and sixty pounds and seventy-five new pence” for “two hundred and forty-seven pounds and fifteen shillings” in each place where it occurs in subsection (2) (inserted by the Social Welfare (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1964) ,

(b) the substitution of “two hundred and forty-seven pounds and seventy-five new pence” for “two hundred and thirty-four pounds and fifteen shillings” in subsection (2),

(c) the substitution of “forty new pence” for “five shillings” where it lastly occurs in subsection (2) (b), and

(d) the substitution for the Table to subsection (2) (inserted by the Act of 1970) of the Table to this subsection.

TABLE

Rate of Pension

Weekly rates

Means of claimant or pensioner

Claimant or pensioner, no qualified child

Claimant or pensioner, one qualified child

Claimant or pensioner, two or more qualified children

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

Where the yearly means of the claimant or pensioner as duly calculated—

£

£

£

are Nil

4·65

5·40

6·15

}

Plus, where there are more than two qualified children, fifty new pence for each qualified child in excess of two.

exceed Nil but do not exceed £26·25

4·40

5·15

5·90

exceed £26·25 but do not exceed £52·50

4·15

4·90

5·65

exceed £52·50 but do not exceed £65·50

3·90

4·65

5·40

exceed £65·50 but do not exceed £78·50

3·65

4·40

5·15

exceed £78·50 but do not exceed £104·75

3·40

4·15

4·90

exceed £104·75 but do not exceed £117·75

3·15

3·90

4·65

exceed £117·75 but do not exceed £130·75

2·90

3·65

4·40

exceed £130·75 but do not exceed £143·75

2·65

3·40

4·15

exceed £143·75 but do not exceed £156·75

2·40

3·15

3·90

exceed £156·75 but do not exceed £169·75

2·15

2·90

3·65

exceed £169·75 but do not exceed £182·75

1·90

2·65

3·40

exceed £182·75 but do not exceed £195·75

1·65

2·40

3·15

exceed £195·75 but do not exceed £208·75

1·40

2·15

2·90

exceed £208·75 but do not exceed £221·75

1·15

1·90

2·65

exceed £221·75 but do not exceed £234·75

0·90

1·65

2·40

exceed £234·75 but do not exceed £247·75

0·65

1·40

2·15

exceed £247·75 but do not exceed £260·75

0·40

1·15

1·90

(2) Section 8 of the Old Age Pensions Act, 1924 (as amended by the Act of 1970) is hereby amended by the substitution of “two hundred and sixty pounds and seventy-five new pence” for “two hundred and forty-seven pounds and fifteen shillings” in subsection (1) (i).

(3) Subsections (1) and (2) of this section shall come into operation on the 6th day of August, 1971.