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Social Security Act 1975

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3The number of years arrived at under this paragraph is that which is obtained by—

(a)taking the number of years between (inclusive) the year in which the widow married the husband and (exclusive) the year in which the husband died ; and

(i)multiplying it by the number of the husband's reckonable contribution years, and

(ii)dividing it by the number of the years of his working life;

(b)if the resultant quotient is not a whole number, rounding it up to the nearest whole number; and

(c)adding to the number of years arrived at under sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) above any number of years—

(i)before that in which she became married to the husband, and

(ii)following the husband's death (inclusive of the year in which he died),

being years for which her own earnings factor was sufficient for satisfaction by her of paragraph (b) of the second contribution condition.

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