Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Pts. 1, 6 modified (6.4.2001) by S.I. 2001/1004, regs. 1(1), 113, 114(2) (with reg. 138)

Part II E+W+S Contributory Benefits

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C2 Pt. 2 modified (E.W.S.) (11.11.1999 for specified purposes, 1.12.2000 in so far as not already in force) by Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30), ss. 49, 89(5)(a); S.I. 2000/1047, art. 2(2)(d), Sch. Pt. IV

C3 Pt. 2: power to modify conferred (11.11.1999) by Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30), ss. 52(1)(2)(6)(h), 89(4)(a) (with s. 52(7))

Benefits for widows and widowers E+W+S

[F1 36A Cases in which sections 37 to 41 apply. E+W+S

(1) Sections 37 to 39 and section 40 below apply only in cases where a woman’s husband has died before the appointed day, and section 41 below applies only in cases where a man’s wife has died before that day.

(2) Sections 39A to 39C below apply in cases where a person’s spouse [F2 or civil partner] dies on or after the appointed day, but section 39A also applies (in accordance with subsection (1)(b) of that section) in cases where a man’s wife has died before that day.

(3) In this section, and in sections 39A and 39B below, “the appointed day” means the day appointed for the coming into force of sections 54 to 56 of the Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999.]

Textual Amendments

F1 S. 36A inserted (24.4.2000 for specified purposes, 9.4.2001 in so far as not already in force) by Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (c. 30), ss. 55(1), 89(1); S.I. 2000/1047, art. 2(2)(a), Sch. Pt. I

F2 Words in s. 36A(2) inserted (5.12.2005) by Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33), s. 263(8)(d), Sch. 24 para. 17; S.I. 2005/3175, art. 2(1), Sch. 1