Pensioners

An Insured Person shall be awarded an Age Pension where he/she has attained the pensionable age and has paid no less than the number of weekly contributions as specified below.

The number of weekly contributions which entitles an Insurable Person to an Age Benefit depends on the age of the Insured Person on the appointed day (1st. July 1986) in accordance with the following table :-

Age on appointed day        Required No. of paid contributions
50 and over        150
49        175
48        200
47        225
46        250
45        275
44        300
43        325
42        350
41        375
40        400
39        425
38        450
37        475
36 and under        500