State Pension Credit Act 2002 (c. 16)

Effect of guaranteed minimum pension on social security benefits E+W+S

18 Equal treatment for widows and widowers E+W+S

In section 47(1) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (c. 48) (which limits the width of the reference in section 46(1) to a person entitled to a guaranteed minimum pension by virtue of being the widower of an earner)—

(a) after “an earner” insert “ in any case where he is entitled to a benefit other than a widowed parent’s allowance ”;

(b) for paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a) he is also entitled to a Category B retirement pension by virtue of the earner’s contributions (or would be so entitled but for section 43(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992); or”;

and

(c) in paragraph (b), for “section 41(7)” substitute “ section 41(5) ” and for “the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992” substitute “ that Act ”.