9Increased rates of pensions payable to certain widows

9 Increased rates of pensions payable to certain widows

(1) This section applies to a person who is: (a) the widow of a pensioner the rate of whose pension was reduced under section 58 or section 79A, or under an agreement entered into in pursuance of section 78 or section 79, of the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1959 or of that Act as amended; (b) the widow of a member, being a widow the rate of whose pension has been reduced under a section or an agreement referred to in the last preceding paragraph; (c) the widow of a member or of a pensioner, being a widow the rate of whose pension is, by virtue of the operation of section 77 or section 78 of the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1948, less than it would otherwise be; (d) the widow of a member who died, or of a pensioner who retired, after the commencement of the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1959 and who, immediately before his death or retirement, as the case may be, was not a contributor for maximum additional basic pension for the purposes of Part III of that Act; (e) the widow of a member who died, or of a pensioner who retired, after the commencement of the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1962 and who, immediately before his death or retirement, as the case may be, was not a contributor for maximum additional basic pension for the purposes of Part IV of that Act; (f) the widow of a member who died, or of a pensioner who retired, after the commencement of the Defence Forces Retirement Benefits Act 1963 and who, immediately before his death or retirement, as the case may be, was not a contributor for maximum additional basic pension for the purposes of Part IV of that Act; or (g) the widow of a pensioner who was a person to whom the Defence Forces Special Retirement Benefits Act 1960 applied. (2) The rate of pension payable to a person to whom this section applies is, in lieu of the rate at which, apart from this section, that pension would be payable, such rate as the Finance Minister determines to be appropriate having regard to the increases in the rates of pensions payable by virtue of the last preceding section and to all the circumstances of the case.