Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992

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4[F1(1)Subject to paragraph 8, this paragraph applies where a [F2widow, widower or surviving civil partner] (“W”) is entitled to a Category A or Category B retirement pension and was married to [F3or was the civil partner of] the other party to the marriage [F4or civil partnership] (“S”) when S died and one of the following conditions is met—N.I.

(a)S was entitled to a Category A or Category B retirement pension with an increase under this Schedule,

(b)W is a [F2widow, widower or surviving civil partner] to whom paragraph 3C applies and has made an election under paragraph 3C(2)(a), or

(c)paragraph 3C would apply to W but for the fact that the condition in sub-paragraph (1)(d) of that paragraph is not met.]

[F1(1A)Subject to sub-paragraph (3), the rate of W’s pension shall be increased—

(a)in a case falling within sub-paragraph (1)(a), by an amount equal to the increase to which S was entitled under this Schedule, apart from [F5paragraphs 5 to 6A] F6... ,

(b)in a case falling within sub-paragraph (1)(b), by an amount equal to the increase to which S would have been entitled under this Schedule, apart from [F5paragraphs 5 to 6A] F7... , if the period of deferment had ended immediately before S’s death and S had then made an election under paragraph A1(1)(a), or

(c)in a case falling within sub-paragraph (1)(c), by an amount equal to the increase to which S would have been entitled under this Schedule, apart from [F5paragraphs 5 to 6A] F8... , if the period of deferment had ended immediately before S’s death.]

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(3)If a married person dies after [F105th October 2002] [F11or a civil partner dies on or after 5th December 2005], the rate of the retirement pension for that person’s [F12widow, widower or surviving civil partner] shall be increased by an amount equivalent to the sum of—

(a)the increase in the basic pension to which the deceased spouse [F13or civil partner] was entitled; and

(b)one-half of the increase in the additional pension.

(4)In any case where—

(a)there is a period between the death of the former spouse [F14or civil partner] and the date on which the surviving spouse [F14or civil partner] becomes entitled to a Category A or Category B retirement pension, and

(b)one or more orders have come into force under section 132 of the Administration Act during that period,

the amount of the increase to which the surviving spouse [F14or civil partner] is entitled under this paragraph shall be determined as if the order or orders had come into force before the beginning of that period.

(5)This paragraph does not apply in any case where the deceased spouse died before 6th April 1979 and the widow or widower attained pensionable age before that date.

Textual Amendments

F1Sch. 5 para. 4(1)(1A) substituted for Sch. 5 para. 4(1) (17.2.2005 for specified purposes, 6.4.2005 in so far as not already in force) by The Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/255), art. 1(4), Sch. 9 para. 9

F2Words in Sch. 5 para. 4(1) substituted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Pensions and Benefit Payments) (Consequential, etc. Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005 (S.R. 2005/434), art. 1(3), Sch. para. 6(f)(ii)(aa)

F3Words in Sch. 5 para. 4(1) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Pensions and Benefit Payments) (Consequential, etc. Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005 (S.R. 2005/434), art. 1(3), Sch. para. 6(f)(ii)(bb)

F4Words in Sch. 5 para. 4(1) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Pensions and Benefit Payments) (Consequential, etc. Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005 (S.R. 2005/434), art. 1(3), Sch. para. 6(f)(ii)(cc)

F5Words in Sch. 5 para. 4(1A) substituted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Pensions and Benefit Payments) (Consequential, etc. Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005 (S.R. 2005/434), art. 1(3), Sch. para. 6(f)(iii)

F6Words in Sch. 5 para. 4(1A)(a) omitted (6.4.2016) by virtue of Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 5), s. 53(3), Sch. 12 para. 78(2)

F7Words in Sch. 5 para. 4(1A)(b) omitted (6.4.2016) by virtue of Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 5), s. 53(3), Sch. 12 para. 78(2)

F8Words in Sch. 5 para. 4(1A)(c) omitted (6.4.2016) by virtue of Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 5), s. 53(3), Sch. 12 para. 78(2)

F9Sch. 5 para. 4(2) omitted by virtue of S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22), arts. 1, 123, Sch. 2 Pt. III para. 18(13)(14)

F10Words in Sch. 5 para. 4(3) substituted (retrospectively) by virtue of 2000 c. 4 (N.I.), s. 35(1)(a)(2)(c)

F11Words in Sch. 5 para. 4(3) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Pensions and Benefit Payments) (Consequential, etc. Provisions) Order (Northern Ireland) 2005 (S.R. 2005/434), art. 1(3), Sch. para. 6(f)(iv)(aa)