Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Pt. II (ss. 20-62) excluded (13.1.1993) by S.R. 1979/242, reg. 4(1) (as substituted (13.1.1993) by S.R. 1992/557, reg. 3).
C2Pt. II (ss. 20-62): power to apply conferred (1.7.1992) by Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 8), ss. 161, 168(4), Sch. 6 para. 1(3)(a).
C3Pt. II: power to amend or modify conferred (1.12.1999) by S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11), art. 49(2)(3)
C4Pt. II modified (temp. from 1.12.1999 to 5.10.2002) by S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11), art. 49(7)(a) (the temp. modification lapsing on the coming into operation of S.R. 2001/441, which modifies specified provisions of Pt. II, on 6.10.2002)
(1)Subject to the provisions of this section, regulations may provide for persons to be entitled to any of the following benefits, namely—
(a)a widowed mother’s allowance,
[F1(aa)a widowed parent’s allowance,
(ab)a bereavement allowance,]
(b)a widow’s pension,
(c)a Category A retirement pension,
(d)a Category B retirement pension,
in cases where the first contribution condition specified in relation to that benefit in paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to this Act is satisfied and the second contribution condition so specified is not.
(2)Subject to subsection (8) below, in any case where—
(a)an employed earner who is married dies as a result of—
(i)a personal injury of a kind mentioned in section 94(1) below, or
(ii)a disease or injury such as is mentioned in section 108(1) below, and
(b)the contribution conditions are not wholly satisfied in respect of [F2the employed earner],
those conditions shall be taken to be satisfied for the purposes of [F3the entitlement of the employed earner’s widow or widower] to any of the benefits specified in subsection (3) below.
(3)The benefits referred to in subsection (2) above are the following—
[F4(a)a bereavement payment;]
(b)a widowed mother’s allowance;
[F5(ba)a widowed parent’s allowance,
(bb)a bereavement allowance,]
(c)a widow’s pension;
[F6(d)a Category B retirement pension payable by virtue of section 48B [F7or 48BB] above.]
(4)Subject to [F8subsection (7)] below, regulations under subsection (1) above shall provide for benefit payable by virtue of any such regulations to be payable at a rate, or to be of an amount, less than that which would be applicable under this Part of this Act had both of the relevant contribution conditions been fully satisfied.
(5)Subject to [F8subsection (7)] below, the rate or amount prescribed by regulations under subsection (1) above may vary with the extent to which the relevant contribution conditions are satisfied (and may be nil).
F9(6). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(7)Regulations may provide that where—
(a)a person is entitled by virtue of subsection (1) above to a Category A or Category B retirement pension consisting only of the additional pension with no basic pension, and
(b)that retirement pension, and any graduated retirement benefit to which he may be entitled, together amount to less than the prescribed rate,
that person’s entitlement as respects that retirement pension shall be satisfied either altogether or for a prescribed period by the making of a single payment of the prescribed amount.
(8)Subsection (2) above only has effect where the employed earner’s death occurred on or after 11th April 1988.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 60(1)(aa)(ab) inserted (24.4.2000 for specified purposes and 9.4.2001 otherwise) by S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11), art. 67, Sch. 8 para. 7(2); S.R. 2000/133, art. 2(3)(a), Sch. Pt. I
F2Words in s. 60(2)(b) substituted (16.12.1995 subject to Sch. 2 of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22), arts. 1(3), 123, Sch. 2 Pt. III para. 18(9)(a)
F3Words in s. 60(2) substituted (16.12.1995 subject to Sch. 2 of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22), arts. 1(3), 123, Sch. 2 Pt. III para. 18(9)(a)
F4S. 60(3)(a) substituted (24.4.2000 for specified purposes and 9.4.2001 otherwise) by S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11), art. 67, Sch. 8 para. 7(3)(a); S.R. 2000/133, art. 2(3)(a), Sch. Pt. I
F5S. 60(3)(ba)(bb) inserted (24.4.2000 for specified purposes and 9.4.2001 otherwise) by S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11), art. 67, Sch. 8 para. 7(3)(b); S.R. 2000/133, art. 2(3)(a), Sch. Pt. I
F6S. 60(3)(d) substituted (16.12.1995 subject to Sch. 2 of the amending S.I.) by S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22), arts. 1(3), 123, Sch. 2 Pt. III para. 18(9)(b)
F7Words in s. 60(3)(d) inserted (24.4.2000 for specified purposes and 9.4.2001 otherwise) by S.I. 1999/3147 (N.I. 11), art. 67, Sch. 8 para. 7(3)(c); S.R. 2000/133, art. 2(3)(a), Sch. Pt. I
F8Words in s. 60(4)(5) substituted (6.4.2003) by Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21), s. 61, Sch. 3 para. 45; S.I. 2003/962, art. 2(3)(d)(iii)
F9S. 60(6) repealed (6.4.2003) by Tax Credits Act 2002 (c. 21), s. 61, Sch. 6; S.I. 2003/962, art. 2(3)(e), Sch. 1 (with savings in S.R. 2003/212, art. 2)