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

Restriction on benefit under regulations 13 and 14 in certain cases

15.—(1) In the case of a widow of a member of a police force or of a special constable who, as such a widow, is in receipt of a pension under regulations from time to time in force made under—

(a) the Police Pensions Act 1976;

(b) section 34 of the Police Act 1964;

(c) section 26 of the Police (Scotland) Act 1967,

benefit under regulation 13 or 14 corresponding to a widow's pension or a widowed mother's allowance shall not be payable in respect of any week during which she is receiving an increase of the said pension under either—

(i) the provisions of regulation 12 or 15 of the Police Pensions Regulations 1971(1), or of any corresponding regulations from time to time in force and made as mentioned in sub-paragraph(a) ; or

(ii) those provisions as applied by regulations from time to time in force and made as mentioned in sub-paragraph (b) or (c).

(2) For the purposes of paragraph (1), any reference in that paragraph to an enactment or regulation shall include a reference to any corresponding Northern Ireland legislation, or, as the case may be, any order or regulation having effect by virtue of such legislation, being in each case passed or made for purposes similar to the purposes of the enactment or regulation specified in that paragraph.

(1)

relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1973/428 , 1973/432.