12. In section 39A (widowed parent’s allowance), for subsection (1) substitute—
“(1) This section applies where—
(a)a person’s spouse or civil partner has died before the day on which section 29 of the Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 comes into operation (but see subsection (1A)),
(b)the person has not married or formed a civil partnership after the death but before that day, and
(c)the person is under pensionable age on that day.
(1A) This section does not apply in cases where a woman’s husband has died before 9 April 2001.”.