Modification of the Act in relation to age addition
8.—(1) A person shall not be disqualified for receiving age addition by reason of being absent from Great Britain if—
(a)he is ordinarily resident in Great Britain; or
(b)he was ordinarily resident in Great Britain and was entitled to age addition before he ceased to be ordinarily so resident; or
(c)in the case of a person who ceased to be ordinarily resident in Great Britain before 20th September 1971, he is entitled to a retirement pension of any category and, by virtue of an Order in Council made under section 143 of the Act or under section 105 of the former Principal Act, he is not disqualified for receiving that pension at a higher rate than was applicable in his case when he was last ordinarily resident in Great Britain; or
(d)in the case of a person who ceased to be ordinarily resident in Great Britain on or after 20th September 1971, he is entitled to a retirement pension of any category, and had he ceased to be ordinarily resident in Great Britain before that date, by virtue of an Order in Council made under section 143 of the Act or under section 105 of the former Principal Act, he would not have been disqualified for receiving that pension at a higher rate after that date than before it.
(2) Where a person is entitled to a retirement pension of any category at a rate which is calculated by reference to any period completed by that person in some territory outside Great Britain, any age addition to which he may be entitled shall be calculated as if it were an increase in that pension.