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18Equal treatment for widows and widowers

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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”.

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