7. The Social Security Administration (Northern Ireland) Act 1992(1) is amended as follows.
8. In section 125(1) (furnishing of addresses for maintenance proceedings, etc.)—
(a)for “man or woman” (in each place where it occurs) there shall be substituted “person”;
(b)in paragraph (a) for “man’s wife or former wife, or the woman’s husband or former husband” there shall be substituted “person’s spouse, former spouse, civil partner or former civil partner”; and
(c)for paragraph (b) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—
“(b)for the maintenance or education of any child of the person, or of any child of the person’s spouse, former spouse, civil partner or former civil partner.”.
9. In section 135(7)(c)(2) (effect of alteration of rates of benefits under Parts II to V of the Contributions and Benefits Act), for “widows and widowers” there shall be substituted “widows, widowers and surviving civil partners”.
10. In section 139B(6)(3) (effect of alterations affecting state pension credit), in the definition of “war widow’s or widower’s pension”—
(a)in paragraph (a), for “any widow’s or widower's” there shall be substituted “any widow's, widower’s or surviving civil partner's”; and
(b)in paragraph (b), for “widow or widower” there shall be substituted “widow, widower or surviving civil partner”.
Subsection (7) was inserted by paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 to the Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1995
Section 139B was inserted by paragraph 15 of Schedule 2 to the State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002 (c. 14 (N.I)). The definition of “war widow’s or widower’s pension” in subsection (6) was amended by paragraph 205 of Schedule 6 to the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 (c. 1)