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13 Minimum pensions for widows and widowers.N.I.

(1)Subject to the provisions of this Part, the scheme must provide that if the earner dies leaving a [F1widow or widower] [F1widow, widower or surviving civil partner] (whether before or after attaining pensionable age), the [F1widow or widower] [F1widow, widower or surviving civil partner] will be entitled to a guaranteed minimum pension under the scheme.

(2)The scheme must contain a rule to the effect that—

(a)if the earner is a man who has a guaranteed minimum under section 10, the weekly rate of the widow’s pension will be not less than the widow’s guaranteed minimum;

(b)if the earner is a woman who has a guaranteed minimum under that section, the weekly rate of the widower’s pension will be not less than the widower’s guaranteed minimum.

[F2(c)if the earner is a person who has a guaranteed minimum under that section, the weekly rate of the surviving civil partner’s pension will not be less than the surviving civil partner’s guaranteed minimum.]

(3)The widow’s guaranteed minimum shall be half that of the earner.

(4)The widower’s [F3or surviving civil partner's] guaranteed minimum shall be one-half of that part of the earner’s guaranteed minimum which is attributable to earnings factors for the tax year 1988-89 and subsequent tax years.

[F4(4A)[F5Subject to subsection (4B)] The scheme must provide for the [F6widow or widower's] [F6widow's, widower’s or surviving civil partner's] pension to be payable to the [F7widow or widower] [F7widow, widower or surviving civil partner]

(a)for any period for which a Category B retirement pension is payable to the [F7widow or widower] [F7widow, widower or surviving civil partner] by virtue of the earner’s contributions or would be so payable but for section 43(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (persons entitled to more than one retirement pension);

(b)for any period for which widowed parent’s allowance or bereavement allowance is payable to the [F7widow or widower] [F7widow, widower or surviving civil partner] by virtue of the earner’s contributions; and

(c)in the case of a [F7widow or widower] [F7widow, widower or surviving civil partner] whose entitlement by virtue of the earner’s contributions to a widowed parent’s allowance or bereavement allowance has come to an end at a time after the [F7widow or widower] [F7widow, widower or surviving civil partner] attained the age of 45, for so much of the period beginning with the time when the entitlement came to an end as neither—

(i)[F8comprises a period during which the widow or widower and a person of the opposite sex are living together as husband and wife; nor

(ii)falls after the time of any remarriage by the widow or widower.]]

[F8(i)comprises a period during which the widow, widower or surviving civil partner and—

(a)a person of the opposite sex are living together as husband and wife, or

(b)a person of the same sex are living together as if they were civil partners, nor

(ii)falls after the time of any—

(a)marriage, or

(b)formation of a civil partnership,

by the widow or widower or surviving civil partner which takes place after the earner’s death.]

[F9(4B)Sub-paragraphs (i)(b) and (ii)(b) of subsection (4A)(c) do not apply where the earner dies before 5th December 2005.]

(5)The scheme [F10must also make provision] for the widow’s pension to be payable to her for any period for which a F11. . . widowed mother’s allowance or widow’s pension is payable to her by virtue of the earner’s contributions F11. . ..

(6)The scheme [F12must also make provision] for the [F13widower’s pension to be payable to him] [F13widower’s or surviving civil partner’s pension to be payable] in the prescribed circumstances and for the prescribed period.

(7)The trustees or managers of the scheme shall supply to the [F14Inland Revenue] any such information as [F15the Inland Revenue] may require relating to the payment of pensions under the scheme to [F16widowers or widows] [F16widows, widowers or surviving civil partners] .

[F17(8)Where—

(a)a lump sum is paid to an earner under provisions included in a scheme by virtue of section 17(1), and

(b)those provisions are of a prescribed description,

the earner shall be treated for the purposes of this section as having any guaranteed minimum under section 10 that he would have had but for that payment.]

[F18(9)For the purposes of subsection (4A), two people of the same sex are to be regarded as living together as if they were civil partners if, but only if, they would be regarded as living together as husband and wife were they instead two people of the opposite sex.]

Textual Amendments

F10Words in s. 13(5) substituted (1.1.2001) by 2000 c. 4 (N.I.), s. 52, Sch. 5 para. 1(2)(a) (with s. 66(6)); S.R. 2000/374, art. 2(S. 13(2)(3)(4) applied (1.11.1995) by S.R. 1995/389, art. 5(1)

c), Sch. Pt. II

F12Words in s. 13(6) substituted (1.1.2001) by 2000 c. 4 (N.I.), s. 52, Sch. 5 para. 1(3) (with s. 66(6)); S.R. 2000/374, art. 2(c), Sch. Pt. II

F14Words in s. 13(7) substituted (24.3.1999 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.4.1999) by S.I. 1999/671, arts. 1(2)(b), 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 42; S.R. 1999/149, art. 2(c), Sch. 2

F15Words in s. 13(7) substituted (24.3.1999 for certain purposes and otherwise 1.4.1999) by S.I. 1999/671, arts. 1(2)(b), 3(1), Sch. 1 para. 42; S.R. 1999/149, art. 2(c), Sch. 2

F17S. 13(8) added (1.7.2005 for specified purposes, 6.4.2006 in so far as not already in force) by The Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/255 (N.I. 1), arts. 1(2), 261(2) (with art. 285(5)); S.R. 2005/321, art. 2(15), Sch. Pt. 2

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