Amendment of the Social Security (Widow’s Benefit, Retirement Pensions and Other Benefits) (Transitional) Regulations 1979
12.—(1) The Social Security (Widow’s Benefit, Retirement Pensions and Other Benefits) (Transitional) Regulations 1979(1) shall be amended in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
(2) In regulation 12 (which relates to an increase of retirement pension where pensioner’s deceased spouse had deferred entitlement) the words “would at his death have been entitled if his entitlement had not been deferred” shall be substituted for the words “would have been entitled if he had retired on the date of his death”.
(3) In regulation 17(1) (which provides entitlement to widow’s pension in place of widow’s basic pension under former legislation) the words “is entitled to a Category A or Category B retirement pension” shall be substituted for the words “retires or attains the age of 65”.
(4) In regulation 18 (alternative benefit rights in place of contributory old age pension) paragraph (2) shall be omitted.