SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 6REDUCED RATE ELECTIONS: EFFECT ON RATE OF SECTION 4 PENSION
Increased transitional rate for widows or divorcees etc.
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1
This paragraph applies to the woman if on reaching pensionable age she is not married or in a civil partnership but she has been married or in a civil partnership before.
2
The transitional rate of the state pension for the woman is—
a
the rate determined for her under section 5, or
b
if higher, a weekly rate equal to the modified amount for her pre-commencement qualifying years alone.
3
The modified amount for the woman's pre-commencement qualifying years alone is the amount that would be calculated under Schedule 1 for her pre- commencement qualifying years alone if the basic pension in any Category A retirement pension calculated for her for the purposes of paragraph 3 of that Schedule were equal to the full amount of the basic pension.
4
“The full amount of the basic pension” is the amount of the basic pension specified in section 44(4) of the Contributions and Benefits Act on 6 April 2016.