# The Social Security Benefit (Persons Abroad) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1978, Regulation 4: Modification of the Act in relation to widow's benefit, child's special allowance, guardian's allowance and retirement pension


(1) Subject to the provisions of this regulation and of regulation 5 below, a person shall not be disqualified for receiving widow's benefit, a child's special allowance, a guardian's allowance or a retirement pension of any category by reason of being absent from Northern Ireland.
(2) In the case of a widow's allowance paragraph (1) above shall apply only where either—
(a) the woman or her late husband was in Northern Ireland at the time of his death; or
(b) 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 9 of the Special Provisions Regulations are satisfied in relation to the woman.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/1978/114/regulation/4 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-benefit-persons-abroad-regulations-northern-ireland-1978/regulation-4
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