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(1)

The contribution condition for a widow's allowance is that—

(a)

the contributor concerned must in respect of any one relevant year have actually paid contributions of a relevant class ; and

(b)

the earnings factor derived from those contributions must be not less than that year's lower earnings limit multiplied by 25.

(2)

For the purposes of this condition a relevant year is any year ending before the date on which the contributor concerned attained pensionable age or died under that age.