Social Security Pensions Act 1975
1.—(1) Section 59 of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975(1) (increase of official pensions) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (5ZA)(2)—
(a)in the opening words, for the words “widow’s, widower’s” substitute “surviving spouse’s”; and
(b)in paragraph (c), for the words “widow’s, widower’s” substitute “surviving spouse’s”.
(3) In subsection (5ZB)(3)—
(a)for paragraph (a) substitute—
“(a)in the case of a pension payable to a woman in respect of the services—
(i)of her deceased male spouse; or
(ii)of her deceased female spouse in a relevant gender change case;
one half of the rate of the deceased spouse’s guaranteed minimum pension at the relevant time;”,
(b)in paragraph (b)—
(i)for “a widower’s” substitute “any other surviving spouse’s”; and
(ii)for “wife’s” substitute “spouse’s”.
(4) In subsection (5ZC)(4)—
(a)for paragraph (a) substitute—
“(a)does not apply to—
(i)a pension payable to a woman in respect of the services of her deceased male spouse;
(ii)a pension payable to a man in respect of the services of his deceased female spouse;
(iii)a pension payable to a woman in respect of the services of her deceased female spouse in a relevant gender change case; or
(iv)a pension payable to a man in respect of the services of his deceased male spouse in a relevant gender change case,
in respect of any service of the deceased spouse if that deceased spouse’s pension in respect of that service became payable before 24th July 1990;”, and
(b)in paragraph (b), before “surviving civil partner’s” insert “pension due to a surviving spouse who was married to someone of the same sex (other than a pension within paragraph (a)(iii) or (iv)) and a”.
(5) In subsection (7)(5)—
(a)after the definition of “lump sum” insert—
““relevant gender change case” means a case where—
the deceased spouse was a man or a woman by virtue of a full gender recognition certificate having been issued under the Gender Recognition Act 2004; and
the marriage of the deceased spouse and the surviving spouse (that ends with the deceased spouse’s death) subsisted before the time when the certificate was issued,”; and
(b)omit the definition of “widower’s pension”.
Subsection (5ZA) was inserted by the Pensions (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1990 (c.7), section 5(1), it was subsequently amended by the Pensions Act 2008 (c.30), section 137(1) to (7) and Schedule 11, Part 6 and in relation to England and Wales, S.I. 2014/560.
Subsection (5ZB) was inserted by the Pensions Act 2008 (c.30), section 137(1) and (8), and, in relation to England and Wales, amended by S.I. 2014/560.
Subsection (5ZC) was inserted by the Pensions Act 2008, section 137(1) and (8), and in relation to England and Wales, amended by S.I. 2014/560.
Subsection (7) was amended by the Social Security Act 1979 (c.18), Schedule 3, paragraph 20, the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (c.48), Schedule 8, paragraph 9(1)(b) and the Pensions Miscellaneous Provisions Act 1990 (c.7), section 5(2) and by S.I. 2014/560.