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Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992

11.—(1) Schedule 5 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(1) (pension increase or lump sum where entitlement to retirement pension is deferred) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 5(2)(2)—

(a) for paragraph (a), substitute—

“(a) where W is a woman—

(i) whose deceased spouse was a man, or

(ii) who falls within paragraph 7(3) below,

an amount equal to the sum of the amounts set out in paragraph 5A(2) or (3) below (as the case may be),”, and

(b) for paragraph (c)(i), substitute—

“(i) a woman who does not fall within paragraph 7(3) below and whose deceased spouse was a woman,”.

(3) In paragraph 5A(3)—

(a) for sub-paragraph (1) substitute—

“(1) This paragraph applies where W (referred to in paragraph 5 above) is a woman—

(a) whose deceased spouse was a man, or

(b) who falls within paragraph 7(3) below.”, and

(b) in sub-paragraphs (2) and (3), for “husband” in each place it appears, substitute “spouse”.

(4) For paragraph 6A(1)(a)(4), substitute—

“(a) a woman who does not fall within paragraph 7(3) below and whose deceased spouse was a woman,”.

(5) In paragraph 7(5), after sub-paragraph (2) insert—

“(3) For the purposes of paragraphs 5, 5A and 6A above, a woman falls within this sub-paragraph if—

(a) she was married to another woman who, at the time of her death, was a woman by virtue of a full gender recognition certificate having been issued under the Gender Recognition Act 2004, and

(b) that marriage subsisted before the time when that certificate was issued.”.

(1)

1992 c. 4.

(2)

Paragraph 5 was amended by S.I. 2005/2053 and in relation to England and Wales, by S.I. 2014/560. Paragraphs 5, 5A and 6 were substituted for paragraphs 5 and 6 as originally enacted by the Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26), Schedule 4, paragraph 21(15). Paragraphs 5 to 6A were repealed by the Pensions Act 2011 (c. 19), section 2(5), subject to savings made by section 2(7). That repeal was brought into force in respect of certain specified provisions by S.I. 2011/3034 but is not yet fully in force.

(3)

Paragraph 5A was amended by the Child Support, Pensions and Social Security Act 2000 (c. 19), section 39 and the Pensions Act 2007 (c. 22), Schedule 1, paragraph 20 and Schedule 7, Part 3 and in relation to England and Wales by S.I. 2014/560.

(4)

Paragraph 6A was inserted by S.I. 2005/2053 and was amended by the Pensions Act 2007, Schedule 1, paragraph 20 and Schedule 7, Part 3 and in relation to England and Wales, by S.I. 2014/560.

(5)

Paragraph 7 was amended by S.I. 2005/2053. It was repealed by the Pensions Act 2011, section 2(5), subject to savings made by section 2(7), but that repeal is not yet fully in force.