# The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (Consequential and Contrary Provisions and Scotland) Order 2014, Paragraph 2: Social Security Pensions Act 1975

Extent: E+W

(1) Section 59 of the Social Security Pensions Act 1975 (increase of official pensions) is amended as follows.
(2) In subsection (5ZB)—
(a) in paragraph (a) for “widow’s pension” substitute “pension payable to a woman in respect of the services of her deceased male spouse”, and
(b) in paragraph (b)—
(i) for a “widower’s” substitute “any other surviving spouse’s”, and
(ii) “for wife’s” substitute “spouse’s”.
(3) In subsection (5ZC)—
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) in paragraph (b), before “surviving civil partner’s” insert “pension due to a surviving spouse who was married to someone of the same sex and a”.
(4) In subsection (7), omit the definition of “widower’s pension”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/560/schedule/3/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/marriage-same-sex-couples-act-2013-consequential-and-contrary-provisions-and-scotland-order-2014/schedule-3/paragraph-2
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