# Pensions Act 2004, Paragraph 26

Extent: E+W+S

In the case of a widower or surviving civil partner who attains pensionable age before 6th April 2010, paragraphs 3C, 4 and 7A of Schedule 5 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4) (entitlement to increase of pension or widowed person’s or surviving civil partner's lump sum) shall not apply unless the widower or surviving civil partner was over pensionable age when his wife or, as the case may be, his or her civil partner, died .

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/35/schedule/11/paragraph/26 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-2004/schedule-11/paragraph-26
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