Regulation 2 Addition to the principal regulations

After regulation 4A^f1 of the principal regulations there shall be added the following regulation:—

“Modifications of the Act in relation to new entrants who enter insurance too late to be able to satisfy the condition as to yearly average of contributions for widow's benefit or retirement pension

4B

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2) of this regulation, as respects any insured person—

(a)

who entered insurance at a time such that the yearly average of contributions paid by or credited to him at the date of his attaining pensionable age calculated in accordance with the provisions of these regulations could not have amounted to thirteen or more; and

(b)

to whom the provisions of paragraph (1) of regulation 4A would apply, or but for the provisions of paragraph (2) thereof would apply, if he had not entered insurance before the beginning of the period before he attained the age of sixty-five (or, in the case of a woman, sixty) therein specified;

the provisions of sub-paragraphs (i) and (ii) of the said paragraph (1) shall apply.

(2)

The provisions of paragraph (1) of this regulation shall not apply to any person who under the provisions of the Act or any regulations or orders made thereunder is deemed to have satisfied, or would, if he had retired from regular employment and made a claim to a retirement pension, ave been treated as satisfying the condition specified in paragraph (1) of regulation 7 of the National Insurance (Widow's Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations, 1948^f2 (under which a person may be entitled to widow's benefit or retirement pension if the yearly average of contributions paid or credited is not less than thirteen).”