SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 8 Minor and consequential amendments
The Administration of Justice Act 1973
10
1
Section 10 of the M1Administration of Justice Act 1973 (which, as it has effect by virtue of subsection (8) thereof, provides for certain widow’s and children’s pensions in Northern Ireland to be increased) shall be amended as follows—
a
in subsections (1), (2)(a) and (3), after the words “or widow’s” in each place there shall be inserted the words “
or widower’s
”
;
b
in subsection (2)—
i
in paragraph (b), after the word “widow”, where it occurs for the first time, there shall be inserted the words “
or widower
”
, and
ii
in sub-paragraph (i) of that paragraph, for the words from “was” to “and” there shall be substituted the words “
left a spouse and he or
”
;
c
in subsection (4)—
i
after the word “him” or “his” in each place there shall be inserted the words “
or her
”
, and
ii
in sub-paragraph (c), after the word “widow’s” there shall be inserted the word “
widower’s
”
; and
d
in subsection (5), after the word “widow’s” there shall be inserted the word “
widower’s
”
.
2
In Schedule 3 to the Administration of Justice Act 1973 (which sets out the enactments in relation to which section 10 of that Act has effect), in paragraph 3, for the reference to the Department of Health and Social Services for Northern Ireland there shall be substituted a reference to the Department of Economic Development.