C1Part IV Increases for dependants

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Adult dependants

X183 Pension increase (wife).

1

This section applies to—

a

a Category A or Category C retirement pension;

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2

Subject to subsection (3) below, the weekly rate of a pension to which this section applies, when payable to a man, shall be increased by the amount specified in relation to the pension in Schedule 4, Part IV, column (3)—

a

for any period during which the pensioner is residing with his wife; or

b

for any period during which the pensioner is contributing to the maintenance of his wife at a weekly rate not less than that amount, and his wife does not have weekly earnings which exceed that amount.

3

Regulations may provide that for any period during which the pensioner is residing with his wife and his wife has earnings—

a

the increase of benefit under this section shall be subject to a reduction in respect of the wife’s earnings; or

b

there shall be no increase of benefit under this section.