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[F2(1)This section specifies the benefits mentioned in Condition 4 of section 20B.
(2)The first benefit is that if the earner [F3is a man married to a woman or a woman married to a woman in a relevant gender change case, and the earner] dies (whether before or after attaining normal pension age) leaving a widow, she is entitled to a pension of at least half the value of the pension to which the earner would have been entitled by reference to employment during the period—
(a)beginning with 6th April 1978, and
(b)ending with 5th April 1997.
(3)The second benefit is that if the earner [F4is a married woman (other than in a relevant gender change case), a man married to a man, or [F5(subject to subsection (3A))] a civil partner, and the earner] dies (whether before or after attaining normal pension age) leaving a widower [F6, widow] or surviving civil partner, he or she is entitled to a pension of at least half the value of the pension to which the earner would have been entitled by reference to employment during the period—
(a)beginning with 6th April 1988, and
(b)ending with 5th April 1997.
[F7(3A)The third benefit is that if the earner is a man, or a woman in a relevant gender change case, who is a civil partner and the earner dies (whether before or after attaining normal pension age) leaving a surviving civil partner who is a woman, she is entitled to a pension of at least half the value of the pension to which the earner would have been entitled by reference to employment during the period—
(a)beginning with 6th April 1978, and
(b)ending with 5th April 1997.]
[F8(4)In relation to an earner who is a woman, a reference in this section to a relevant gender change case is a reference to a case where—
(a)the earner is a woman by virtue of a full gender recognition certificate having been issued under the Gender Recognition Act 2004, and
(b)the marriage of the earner and her widow [F9, or the civil partnership between the earner and her surviving civil partner,] (that ends with the earner’s death) subsisted before the time when the certificate was issued.
(5)This section is subject to regulations under section 34A.]]]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 20A-20H inserted (3.3.2009 for specified purposes, 6.4.2009 in so far as not already in force) by Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 1), ss. 12(3), 21(1); S.R. 2009/75, art. 2(a)(b)
F2S. 20D omitted (28.4.2022 for specified purposes) by virtue of Pension Schemes (Conversion of Guaranteed Minimum Pensions) Act 2022 (c. 33), ss. 2(4), 3(4)(b)
F3Words in s. 20D(2) inserted (13.1.2020) by The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1514), regs. 1(2), 68(4)(a) (with regs. 6-9)
F4Words in s. 20D(3) inserted (13.1.2020) by The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1514), regs. 1(2), 68(4)(b)(i) (with regs. 6-9)
F5Words in s. 20D(3) inserted (7.12.2020) by The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1143), regs. 1(2), 40(4)(a)
F6Word in s. 20D(3) inserted (13.1.2020) by The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1514), regs. 1(2), 68(4)(b)(ii) (with regs. 6-9)
F7S. 20D(3A) inserted (7.12.2020) by The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1143), regs. 1(2), 40(4)(b)
F8S. 20D(4)(5) inserted (13.1.2020) by The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1514), regs. 1(2), 68(4)(c) (with regs. 6-9)
F9Words in s. 20D(4)(b) inserted (7.12.2020) by The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Northern Ireland) (No. 2) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1143), regs. 1(2), 40(4)(c)
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