[5[(1)Where—E+W+S
(a)a [widow, widower or surviving civil partner] (call that person “W”) is entitled to a Category A or Category B retirement pension and was married to [or was the civil partner of] the other party to the marriage [or civil partnership] (call that person “S”) when S died, and
(b)S either—
(i)was entitled to a guaranteed minimum pension with an increase under section 15(1) of the Pensions Act, or
(ii)would have been so entitled if S had retired on the date of S’s death,
the rate of W’s pension shall be increased by the following amount.
(2)The amount is—
(a)[where W is a widow, an amount equal to the sum of the amounts set out in paragraph 5A(2) or (3) below (as the case may be), ... ]
[where W is a woman—
(i)whose deceased spouse was a man, or
(ii)who falls within paragraph 7(3) below,
an amount equal to the sum of the amounts set out in paragraph 5A(2) or (3) below (as the case may be),]
(b)where W is a [widower] [man whose deceased spouse was a woman], an amount equal to the sum of the amounts set out in paragraph 6(2), (3) or (4) below (as the case may be)] [, and
[(c)where W is a surviving civil partner, an amount equal to the sum of the amounts set out in paragraph 6A(2) below].]
[(c)where W is—
[(i)a woman who does not fall within paragraph 7(3) below and whose deceased spouse was a woman,]
(ii)a man whose deceased spouse was a man, or
(iii)a surviving civil partner,
an amount equal to the sum of the amounts set out in paragraph 6A(2) below.]]
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