{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-2014-consequential-supplementary-and-incidental-amendments-order-2015/article-4",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2015/1985",
  "legislation_title": "The Pensions Act 2014 (Consequential, Supplementary and Incidental Amendments) Order 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-2014-consequential-supplementary-and-incidental-amendments-order-2015",
  "path": "article/4",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations 1979",
  "text": "(1) The Social Security (Overlapping Benefits) Regulations 1979 are amended as follows.\n(2) In regulation 2(1) (interpretation)—\n(a) in the definition of “shared additional pension” after “section 55A”, insert “or 55AA”;\n(b) after the definition of “the Welfare Reform Act”, insert—\n““widowed mother’s allowance” means an allowance referred to in section 37 of the Contributions and Benefits Act (widowed mother’s allowance);”; and\n(c) after the definition of “widowed parent’s allowance”, insert—\n““widow’s pension” means a pension referred to in section 38 of the Contributions and Benefits Act (widow’s pension).”.\n(3) In regulation 4 (adjustment of certain personal benefits where certain other personal benefits are payable)—\n(a) in paragraph (1)(a), after “the Welfare Reform Act” insert “, Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2014”;\n(b) in paragraph (2)(f), after “paragraph (4)” insert “and (4A)”;\n(c) in paragraph (4), insert at the beginning “Except where paragraph (4A) applies,”; and\n(d) after paragraph (4), insert—\n“(4A) Where the person is entitled to additional pension, a state pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2014 and either widow’s pension or widowed mother’s allowance, paragraph (1) shall require the adjustment of additional pension.”.\n(4) In Schedule 1 (personal benefits which are required to be adjusted by certain benefits)—\n(a) in column (1) (personal benefit), after paragraph 4 insert—\n“4A. State pension under Part 1 of the Pensions Act 2014”; and\n(b) in column (2) (other personal benefit by reference to which the benefit in column (1) is to be adjusted), after paragraph 4 insert—\n“4A. Unemployability supplement and training allowance”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1979/597."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "The definition of “shared additional pension” was inserted by S.I. 2005/1551."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "The definition of “the Welfare Reform Act” was inserted by S.I. 2008/1554."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "The definition of “widowed parent’s allowance” was inserted by S.I. 2000/1483."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Regulation 4(1) was substituted by S.I. 1992/3194 and sub-paragraph (a) was amended by S.I.s 1996/1345 and 2008/1554."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "The heading to column (1) was substituted by S.I. 2013/388."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "Paragraph 4 has been amended but those amendments are not relevant to this Order."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/1985/article/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:29:33.822881+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."
}