Cap. 318 Art. 66Age Pension.

(1) Save as provided for in article 96 and subject to the other provisions of this Act, a person who -

(a) has attained the age of sixty years; and

(b) shows to the satisfaction of the Director that -

(i) he/she is a citizen of Malta and normally resides in Malta; and

(ii) his/her weekly means, calculated in accordance with the provisions of Part IV of the Second

Schedule to this Act, do not exceed the highest rate of Age Pension which, in the case of a married couple where both spouses qualify for a pension in their own right, shall be equivalent to 80%, and in the case of widowed or single persons, up to 60% of the national minimum wage as is applicable to persons of eighteen years of age or over established by a National Standard Order issued under the Employment and Industrial Relations Act during the period in respect of which such pension is due, and as is specified in Part II of the Sixth Schedule to this Act according to his category, shall be entitled to an Age Pension under this Act in accordance with the provisions of sub-article (2).

(2) A person who becomes entitled to a pension under sub-article (1) shall receive such weekly rate of pension as will bring his total weekly means calculated in accordance with the provisions of sub-article (1) up to the highest rate of pension payable in accordance with Part II of the Sixth Schedule to this Act; sohowever that, save as provided for in article 96 and in the second proviso to paragraph 4 of Part IV of the Second Schedule to this Act, where a married couple both qualify for a pension under the provisions of this article or of article 27, any such pension shall be apportioned equally between each of the spouses.