Amendment of section 96.
1. Section 96 of this Act is hereby amended by -
(a) the substitution for subsection (1) of the following subsection:
"(1) The contribution conditions for invalidity pension are -
(a) that before the relevant date the claimant has qualifying contributions in respect of not less than 260 contribution weeks since his entry into insurance, and
(b) that before the relevant date the claimant has qualifying contributions or credited contributions in respect of not less than 48 contribution weeks in the last complete contribution year before that date, and
(c) that the claimant has prescribed reckonable weekly earnings in excess of a prescribed amount in a prescribed period.",
and
(b) the insertion after subsection (6) of the following subsections:
"(7) Subject to subsection (8), regulations may provide for entitling to invalidity pension persons who would be entitled thereto but for the fact that the condition set out in subsection (1)(c) is not sat