Regulation 2 Amendment of regulation 8 of the principal regulations

Regulation 8 of the principal regulations, as amended^f1, (contributions under the Contributory Pensions Acts to be taken into account for the purposes of the Act) shall be further amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.

The provisions of regulation 8 shall be numbered paragraph (1), and at the end of the provisio to that paragraph there shall be added the words “and, for the purposes of any benefit for a woman by virtue of her husband's insurance, any such contribution paid after the date of the death of her husband shall be taken into account as if it had been paid before that date.”

The following paragraph shall be inserted after regulation 8(1):—

“(2)

The taking into account under the provisions of the proviso to the foregoing paragraph of any contribution for the purposes of any benefit for a woman by virtue of her husband's insurance, in any case where the husband has died on or after 30th May 1966, shall not affect the right to benefit or the rate of benefit payable for any period before the date on which the contribution is paid except that, if the contribution is paid within 6 months after the date of the death of the husband, the contribution shall be taken into account for the purposes of the right to benefit from the date of his death.”