# The Social Security Benefit (Persons Abroad) Amendment Regulations 1988, Regulation 2: Modification of the Social Security Act 1975 in relation to widow’s payment


After paragraph (2) of regulation 4 of the principal regulations there shall be inserted the following paragraph:
“(2A) In the case of a widow’s payment, paragraph (1) above shall apply only where—
(a) the woman or her late husband was in Great Britain at the time of his death; or
(b) Sub-paragraph (a) above does not apply but the woman returned to Great Britain within 4 weeks of her husband’s death; or
(c) the contribution conditions for widowed mother’s allowance and widow’s pension set out in paragraph 5 of Schedule 3 to the Act or in regulation 6 of the Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations 1979 are satisfied in relation to the woman.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/435/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefit-persons-abroad-amendment-regulations-1988/regulation-2
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