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

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. 1.Citation, commencement and interpretation

  3. 2.Election to be treated as not having retired

  4. 3.Provisions applying after election

  5. 4.Days to be treated as days of increment

  6. 5.Modification of paragraph 2(1) to (3) of Schedule 1 to the Pensions Act

  7. 6.Benefit at reduced rates for those who do not satisfy the contribution conditions in full

  8. 7.Category B retirement pension for certain widows by virtue of husband's contributions

  9. 8.Substitution of former spouse's contribution record to give entitlement to a Category A retirement pension

  10. 9.Conditions for entitlement to a Category C retirement pension

  11. 10.Conditions for entitlement to a Category D retirement pension

  12. 11.Category C retirement pension for widows of men over pensionable age on 5th July 1948

  13. 12.Category C retirement pension for certain women whose marriage has been terminated otherwise than by death

  14. 13.Benefit corresponding to a widow's pension for widows of men over pensionable age on 5th July 1948

  15. 14.Benefit corresponding to a widowed mother's allowance for widows of men over pensionable age on 5th July 1948

  16. 15.Restriction on benefit under regulations 13 and 14 in certain cases

  17. 16.Provision in relation to entitlement to child benefit for the purposes of a widowed mother's allowance

  18. 17.Provisions relating to age addition for persons not in receipt of a retirement pension

  19. 18.Revocations

  20. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      Method of treating former spouse's contributions as those of the beneficiary so as to entitle him to a Category A retirement pension

      1. 1.In this Schedule— (a) A is the number of the...

      2. 2.The number of years arrived at under this paragraph is...

      3. 3.The number of years arrived at under this paragraph is...

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      REGULATIONS REVOKED

  22. Explanatory Note

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