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3.—(1) The Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations 1979(1) are amended as follows.
(2) In regulation 1(2) (interpretation), after the definition of “unemployability supplement” insert—
““widowed mother’s allowance” means an allowance referred to in section 37 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (widowed mother’s allowance: deaths before 9 April 2001)(2);”.
(3) In regulation 7 (Category B retirement pension for certain widows by virtue of husband’s contributions)—
(a)in paragraph (e), for “the age of 65” substitute “pensionable age”;
(b)after paragraph (f), insert—
“(g)her having ceased to be entitled to a widowed mother’s allowance at a time when she had reached the age of 65 but was under pensionable age,”.
Section 37 was amended by paragraph 10 of Schedule 16 to the Pensions Act 2014, paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the Child Benefit Act 2005 (c. 6), section 50 of the Welfare Reform Act 2007, and paragraph 18 of Schedule 24, and Schedule 30 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33). Subsection (4) was amended in England and Wales by paragraph 22 of Schedule 1 to S.I. 2014/560. Subsection (4) was amended in Scotland by paragraph 2 of Schedule 4 to S.I. 2014/3229.
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