# Social Security Act 1975, Paragraph 4


(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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1975/14/schedule/3/paragraph/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-1975/schedule-3/paragraph-4
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