Section 20D Survivors' benefitsF1

This section specifies the benefits mentioned in Condition 4 of section 20B.

The first benefit is that if the earner F3is a man married to a woman or a woman married to a woman in a relevant gender change case, and the earner dies (whether before or after attaining normal pension age) leaving a widow, she is entitled to a pension of at least half the value of the pension to which the earner would have been entitled by reference to employment during the period—

The second benefit is that if the earner F4is a married woman (other than in a relevant gender change case), a man married to a man, or F5(subject to subsection (3A)) a civil partner, and the earner dies (whether before or after attaining normal pension age) leaving a widower F6, widow or surviving civil partner, he or she is entitled to a pension of at least half the value of the pension to which the earner would have been entitled by reference to employment during the period—

The third benefit is that if the earner is a man, or a woman in a relevant gender change case, who is a civil partner and the earner dies (whether before or after attaining normal pension age) leaving a surviving civil partner who is a woman, she is entitled to a pension of at least half the value of the pension to which the earner would have been entitled by reference to employment during the period—

In relation to an earner who is a woman, a reference in this section to a relevant gender change case is a reference to a case where—

This section is subject to regulations under section 34A.