National Insurance Act 1965

Widow's benefit, retirement pension and child's special allowance.

4 (1) The contribution conditions for widow's benefit, a retirement pension or a child's special allowance are that—

(a) not less than one hundred and fifty-six contributions of the appropriate class have been paid by the relevant person in respect of the period between that person's entry into insurance and the relevant time; and

(b) the yearly average of the contributions paid by or credited to that person (ascertained as at the relevant time) is not less than fifty.

(2) In this paragraph—

(a) the expression " relevant person " means the person by whom the conditions are to be satisfied;

(b) the expression " relevant time " means the date of the relevant person attaining pensionable age or dying under that age.