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State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002

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State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002, Section 18 is up to date with all changes known to be in force on or before 06 March 2025. There are changes that may be brought into force at a future date. Changes that have been made appear in the content and are referenced with annotations. Help about Changes to Legislation

Equal treatment for widows and widowersN.I.

18.  In section 43(1) of the Pension Schemes Act (further provisions concerning entitlement to guaranteed minimum pensions for the purposes of section 42)—

(a)after “an earner” insert “ in any case where he is entitled to a benefit other than a widowed parent's allowance ”;

(b)for paragraph (a) substitute—

(a)he is also entitled to a Category B retirement pension by virtue of the earner's contributions (or would be so entitled but for section 43(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992); or ; and

(c)in paragraph (b), for “section 41(7) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992” substitute “ section 41(5) of that Act ”.

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