The Social Security (Retirement Pensions and Graduated Retirement Benefit) (Widowers and Civil Partnership) Regulations 2005

Statutory Instruments

2005 No. 3078

SOCIAL SECURITY

The Social Security (Retirement Pensions and Graduated Retirement Benefit) (Widowers and Civil Partnership) Regulations 2005

Made

3rd November 2005

Laid before Parliament

9th November 2005

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(1)

The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by sections 62(1)(a), (ac) and (c), 122(1) and 175(1), (3) and (4) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992(1) and paragraph 27 of Schedule 11 to the Pensions Act 2004(2), sections 5(1)(g) and 189(1), (4) and (5) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992(3) and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, after agreement by the Social Security Advisory Committee that proposals in respect of these Regulations should not be referred to it(4), hereby makes the following Regulations:

(1)

1992 c. 4. Section 62(1) was amended by paragraph 7 of Schedule 4 to the Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26); by paragraph 17(b) of Schedule 11 to the Pensions Act 2004 (c. 35); by paragraph 33 of Schedule 24 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c. 33); by paragraph 4 of the Schedule to the Civil Partnership (Pensions and Benefit Payments) (Consequential, etc. Provisions) Order 2005/2053 and by paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Civil Partnership (Miscellaneous and Consequential Provisions) Order 2005/3029.

(2)

2004 c. 35.

(3)

1992 c. 5.

(4)

See section 173(1)(b) of the Social Security Administration Act 1992.