S.I. No. 247/1963 - Social Welfare (Old Age (Contributory) Pension) (Amendment) Regulations, 1963.

2. These Regulations shall come into operation on the 3rd day of January, 1964.

3. The following Schedule shall be substituted for the Schedule to the Social Welfare (Old Age (Contributory) Pension) Regulations, 1960 (

S.I. No. 274 of 1960

) as amended by article 3 of the Social Welfare (Old Age (Contributory) Pension) (Amendment) Regulations, 1962 (

S.I. No. 136 of 1962

):—

" SCHEDULE

Reduced rates of old age (contributory) pension where contribution conditions are partially satisfied.

Average number of contributions paid or credited per contribution year in the relevant period.

Reduced weekly rate at which pension is payable.

s.d.

42 go 47

47 0

36 to 41

44 0

30 to 35

41 0

24 to 29

38 0

"

GIVEN under my Official Seal this Sixth day of December, One

Thousand Nine Hundred and Sixty Three.

CAOIMHGHÍN Ó BEOLÁIN,

Minister for Social Welfare.

I, SÉAMAS C RIAIN, Minister for Finance, hereby sanction the making of the foregoing Regulations.

GIVEN under my Official Seal this Sixth day of December, One

Thousand Nine Hundred and Sixty-three.

SÉAMAS Ó RIAIN,

Minister for Finance.

EXPLANATORY NOTE.

These Regulations amend the Social Welfare (Old Age (Contributory) Pension) Regulations, 1960 to 1962, which provide for payment of reduced rates of old age (contributory) pensions where the contribution conditions are partially satisfied, for the purpose of increasing these reduced rates of pension to 47/-, 44/-, 41/- and 38/- from 42/6d., 40/-, 37/6d. and 35/- respectively as from 3rd January, 1964.

S.I. No. 247 of 1963.

SOCIAL WELFARE (OLD AGE (CONTRIBUTORY) PENSION) (AMENDMENT) REGULATIONS, 1963.

I, CAOIMHGHÍN Ó BEOLÁIN, Minister for Social Welfare, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by

section 3

of the

Social Welfare Act, 1952

, (No. 11 of 1952) and section 28A of the said Act (inserted therein by

section 10

of the

Social Welfare (Amendment) Act, 1960

(No. 25 of 1960)), hereby make the following Regulations:—

1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Social Welfare (Old Age (Contributory) Pension) (Amendment) Regulations, 1963.

(2) The Social Welfare (Old Age (Contributory) Pension) Regulations, 1960 to 1962, and these Regulations may be cited collectively as the Social Welfare (Old Age (Contributory) Pension) Regulations, 1960 to 1963.