# The Social Security (Benefit) (Married Women and Widows Special Provisions) Regulations 1974, Paragraph 2


The number of years arrived at under this paragraph is that which is obtained by—
(a) taking the number of years between (inclusive) the year in which the woman attained the age of 16 and (inclusive) the year in which the marriage was terminated and—
(i) multiplying it by the number of the husband's reckonable contribution years falling wholly before the date of that termination, and
(ii) dividing it by the number of years in his working life falling wholly before the date of that termination;
(b) if the resultant quotient is not a whole number, rounding it up to the nearest whole number; and
(c) adding to the number of years arrived at under sub-paragraphs (a) and (b) above any number of years after that in which the marriage was terminated, being years for which the woman's own earnings factor was sufficient for satisfaction by her of paragraph (b) of the second contribution condition.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1974/2010/schedule/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefit-married-women-and-widows-special-provisions-regulations-1974/schedule/paragraph-2
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