(1) Subject to this Act, a person shall be entitled to State pension (contributory) where he or she -
(a) has applied for that benefit in the prescribed manner,
(b) has attained pensionable age or deferred pensionable age, as the case may be, and
(c) satisfies the contribution conditions in section 109.
(1A) Subject to subsection (1), a person who has attained the age of 66 years shall be entitled to State pension (contributory) payable at the age referenced rate of State pension (contributory) for age 66 years.
(1B) Subject to subsections (1) and (1C), a person born on or after 1 January 1958 -
(a) who has attained the age of 67 years, and has never been awarded a State pension (contributory), shall be entitled to State pension (contributory) payable at the age referenced rate of State pension (contributory) for age 67 years,
(b) who has attained the age of 68 years, and has never been awarded a State pension (contributory), shall be entitled to State pension (contributory) payable at
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