2 Modification of the Social Security Act 1975 in relation to widow’s payment
After paragraph (2) of regulation 4 of the principal regulations there shall be inserted the following paragraph:

“2A In the case of a widow’s payment, paragraph (1) above shall apply only where—
(a) the woman or her late husband was in Great Britain at the time of his death; or
(b) Sub-paragraph (a) above does not apply but the woman returned to Great Britain within 4 weeks of her husband’s death; or
(c) the contribution conditions for widowed mother’s allowance and widow’s pension set out in paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Act or in regulation 6 of the Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations 1979 are satisfied in relation to the woman.
S.I.1979/642.”