Social Welfare Miscellaneous Provisions) Act, 1962

Rates of old age pensions.

2.—(1) Section 77 of the Act of 1952 is hereby amended by the substitution for the Table to subsection (2) of the following Table:

“TABLE.

Rate of Pension.

Means of Claimant or Pensioner

Rate of pension per week

s.

d.

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

do not exceed £52 10s. 0d.

32

6

exceed

   £52   10s.    0d.

but   do   not   exceed

   £65   10s.   0d.

27

6

   £65   10s.   0d.

     ”      ”        ”         ”

   £78   10s.   0d.

22

6

   £78   10s.   0d.

     ”      ”        ”         ”

£104   15s.   0d.

17

6

£104   15s.   0d.

     ”      ”        ”         ”

£117   15s.   0d.

12

6

£117   15s.   0d.

     ”      ”        ”         ”

£130   15s.   0d.

   7

6

£130   15s.   0d.

No pension

(2) Section 8 of the Old Age Pensions Act, 1924 , is hereby amended by the substitution in subsection (1) of “one hundred and thirty pounds” for “one hundred and four pounds” (inserted by the Act of 1952).

(3) Subsections (1) and (2) of this section shall come into operation on the 1st day of August, 1962.