{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-1975/section-69",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-1975/section-69.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1975/14",
  "legislation_title": "Social Security Act 1975",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-act-1975",
  "path": "section/69",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "69",
  "heading": "Widower's benefit (entitlement and rate)",
  "text": "(1) The widower of the deceased shall be entitled to death benefit if at her death he—\n(a) was being wholly or mainly maintained by her or would but for the relevant accident have been so maintained ; and\n(b) was permanently incapable of self-support.\n(2) In the case of a widower, death benefit shall be a pension at the weekly rate specified in Schedule 4, Part V, paragraph 14, commencing from the death of the deceased and payable for life.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1975/14/section/69",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:40:38.067895+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."
}