The Social Security (Widow'S Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations 1979
1Citation, commencement and interpretation
1ADisapplication of section 1(1A) of the Administration Act for the purposes of retirement pension
2Election to be treated as not having retired
3Provisions applying after election
3ACalculating periods of incapacity for work for welfare to work beneficiaries entitled to an increase of long-term incapacity benefit
4Days to be treated as days of increment
5Modification of paragraph 2(1) to (3) of Schedule 1 to the Pensions Act
6Rate of benefit where the second contribution condition in paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 is not satisfied
6AProportion of retirement pension where the contribution condition in paragraph 5A of Schedule 3 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 is not satisfied
6BRegulations 6 and 6A: supplemental
7Category B retirement pension for certain widows by virtue of husband's contributions
7ACategory B retirement pension for surviving spouses and surviving civil partners by virtue of deceased spouse’s or deceased civil partner's contributions
7BNotional entitlement to Category B retirement pension for new State Pension purposes
8Substitution of former spouse's or former civil partner's contribution record to give entitlement to a Category A retirement pension
8A(1) This regulation applies to a person—
9Conditions for entitlement to a Category C retirement pension
10Conditions for entitlement to a Category D retirement pension
11Category C retirement pension for widows of men over pensionable age on 5th July 1948
12Category C retirement pension for certain women whose marriage has been terminated otherwise than by death
13Benefit corresponding to a widow's pension for widows of men over pensionable age on 5th July 1948
14Benefit corresponding to a widowed mother's allowance for widows of men over pensionable age on 5th July 1948
15Restriction on benefit under regulations 13 and 14 in certain cases
16Provision in relation to entitlement to child benefit for the purposes of a widowed mother's allowance
16ZAProvision in relation to entitlement to child benefit for the purposes of a widowed parent’s allowance
16ADisapplication of section 1(1A) of the Administration Act for the purposes of widowed mother’s allowance or widowed parent’s allowance
17Provisions relating to age addition for persons not in receipt of a retirement pension
18Revocations
SCHEDULE 1Method of treating former spouse's or former civil partner's contributions as those of the beneficiary so as to entitle him to a Category A retirement pension
1In this Schedule— (a) A is the number of the...
2The number of years arrived at under this paragraph is...
3The number of years arrived at under this paragraph is...
SCHEDULE 2REGULATIONS REVOKED

1979 No. 642

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Security (Widow'S Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations 1979

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into Operation

The Secretary of State for Social Services, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 29(5), 30(3), 33, 39(1) and (4), 40(2), 85(1) and 162 of, and Schedule 20 to, the Social Security Act 1975, section 20 of, and paragraphs 2(2)(a) and 3 of Schedule 1 to, the Social Security Pensions Act 19751 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following regulations which only consolidate the regulations herein revoked and which accordingly, by virtue of paragraph 20 of Schedule 15 to the Social Security Act 1975, are not subject to the requirement of section 139(1) of that Act for prior reference to the National Insurance Advisory Committee:—