Social Welfare Law Reform and Pensions Act 2006 Art. 21Amendment to widow’s (non-contributory) pension and widower’s (non-contributory) pension.

21.— The Principal Act is amended—

(a) in section 163, by substituting the following for subsection (1):

“(1) Subject to this Act, a pension shall be payable to a widow or widower who has not attained pensionable age.”,

and

(b) by deleting section 165.