{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-courts-act-northern-ireland-1959/section-122A",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-courts-act-northern-ireland-1959/section-122A.json",
  "legislation": "apni/1959/25",
  "legislation_title": "County Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1959",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-courts-act-northern-ireland-1959",
  "path": "section/122A",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "122A",
  "heading": "Widowers' and surviving civil partners' pensions.",
  "text": "(1) Section 122 shall have effect in relation to the death of a female person who has, or has had, a husband or civil partner as it has effect in relation to the death of a male person who has, or has had, a wife or civil partner but as if—\n(a) for the words “widow”, “widows' pension” and “wife” there were substituted “ widower ”, “ widower's pension ” and “ husband ”;\n(b) for the words “his” and “him” there were substituted “ her ”; and\n(c) for the word “he” there were substituted “ she ”.\n(2) The transitional provisions set out in Schedule 2B shall have effect in relation to surviving civil partners' pensions.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1991 NI 24"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "SI 2005/3325"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1959/25/section/122A",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:33:09.633949+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}