[48B Category B retirement pension for widows and widowers]
Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (1992 c 4) | Legislation

[48B  Category B retirement pension for widows and widowers]

[(1)     A person (“the pensioner”) whose spouse died while they were married is entitled to a Category B retirement pension by virtue of the contributions of his or her spouse if—

(a)     the pensioner attained pensionable age—

(i)     before 6 April 2016, and

(ii)     before the spouse died, and

(b)     the spouse satisfied the relevant contribution condition.

(1ZA)     But subsection (1) does not confer a right to a Category B retirement pension on—

(a)     a man who attained pensionable age before 6 April 2010, or

(b)     a woman who attained pensionable age before 6 April 2010 and whose spouse was a woman.

(1ZB)     In subsection (1)(b) “the relevant contribution condition” means—

(a)     in a case where the spouse—

(i)     died before 6 April 2010, or

(ii)     died on or after that date having attained pensionable age before that date,

the conditions in paragraph 5 of Schedule 3, and

(b)     in any other case, the condition in paragraph 5A of Schedule 3.

(1A)     A person (“the pensioner”) whose civil partner died while they were civil partners of each other is entitled to a Category B retirement pension

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