17. Subject to paragraphs 38 and 39, £10 of any of the following, namely—
(a)a war disablement pension (except insofar as such a pension falls to be disregarded under paragraph 9 or 10);
(b)a war widow’s pension;
(c)a pension payable to a person as a widow under the Naval, Military and Air Forces etc. (Disablement and Death) Service Pensions Order 1983(1) insofar as that Order is made under the Naval and Marine Pay and Pensions Act 1865(2) or the Pensions and Yeomanry Pay Act 1884(3), or is made only under section 12(1) of the Social Security (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1977(4) and any power of Her Majesty otherwise than under any statutory provision, to make provision about pensions for or in respect of persons who have been disabled or have died in consequence of service as members of the armed forces of the Crown;
(d)a payment made to compensate for the non-payment of such a pension as is mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a) to (c);
(e)a pension paid by the government of a country outside Great Britain which is analogous to any of the pensions mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a) to (c);
(f)a pension paid to victims of National Socialist persecution under any special provision made by the law of the Federal Republic of Germany, or any part of it, or of the Republic of Austria.
S.I. 1988/883; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1993/598 and S.I. 1994/1906. The Order needs to be read subject to the provisions of section 168 of the Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26), the effect of which is to disregard subsequent marriages which have been dissolved or been the subject of a decree of judicial separation, in determining a person’s entitlement to a widow’s pension
28 & 29 Vict. c. 73
47 & 48 Vict. c. 55