18. In regulation 57 (circumstances in which widower’s guaranteed minimum pension is to be payable)—
(a)in the heading after “widower's” there shall be inserted “or surviving civil partner's”;
(b)after “widower's” there shall be inserted “or surviving civil partner's”;
(c)after “widower”, in each place where it occurs, there shall be inserted “or surviving civil partner”, and
(d)in paragraph (b)—
(i)in sub-paragraph (ii) for “her” there shall be substituted “the earner's”, and
(ii)in sub-paragraph (iii) for “he” there shall be substituted “the widower or surviving civil partner”.