{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-contributions-and-benefits-act-1992/schedule-5/paragraph-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-contributions-and-benefits-act-1992/schedule-5/paragraph-5.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1992/4",
  "legislation_title": "Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-contributions-and-benefits-act-1992",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/5",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Where—\n(a) a widow, widower or surviving civil partner (call that person “W”) is entitled to a Category A or Category B retirement pension and was married to or was the civil partner of the other party to the marriage or civil partnership (call that person “S”) when S died, and\n(b) S either—\n(i) was entitled to a guaranteed minimum pension with an increase under section 15(1) of the Pensions Act, or\n(ii) would have been so entitled if S had retired on the date of S’s death,\nthe rate of W’s pension shall be increased by the following amount.\n(2) The amount is—\n(a) where W is a woman—\n(i) whose deceased spouse was a man, or\n(ii) who falls within paragraph 7(3) below,\nan amount equal to the sum of the amounts set out in paragraph 5A(2) or (3) below (as the case may be),\n(b) where W is a man whose deceased spouse was a woman, an amount equal to the sum of the amounts set out in paragraph 6(2), (3) or (4) below (as the case may be) , and\n(c) where W is—\n(i) a woman who does not fall within paragraph 7(3) below and whose deceased spouse was a woman;\n(ii) a man whose deceased spouse was a man; or\n(iii) a surviving civil partner,\nan amount equal to the sum of the amounts set out in paragraph (6A)(2) below.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 paras. 5, 5A, 6 substituted for Sch. 5 paras. 5, 6 (19.7.1995) by Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26), s. 180(2)(a), Sch. 4 para. 21(15)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 5 paras. 5, 5A, 6, 6A, 7 omitted (6.4.2012 for specified purposes) by virtue of Pensions Act 2011 (c. 19), ss. 2(5), 38(4) (with s. 2(7)); S.I. 2011/3034, art. 4(b) (note that this amending provision is itself repealed (6.4.2016) by Pensions Act 2014 (c. 19), s. 56(4), Sch. 12 para. 97(a))"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 para. 5(1)(a) substituted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Pensions and Benefit Payments) (Consequential, etc. Provisions) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2053), art. 1(3), Sch. para. 5(8)(a)(i)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 para. 5(1)(a) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Pensions and Benefit Payments) (Consequential, etc. Provisions) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2053), art. 1(3), Sch. para. 5(8)(a)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 para. 5(1)(a) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Pensions and Benefit Payments) (Consequential, etc. Provisions) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2053), art. 1(3), Sch. para. 5(8)(a)(iii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 5(2)(a) substituted (E.W.) (10.12.2014) by The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (Consequential and Contrary Provisions and Scotland) and Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3168), art. 1(2)(3), Sch. para. 11(2)(a); and substituted (S.) (16.12.2014) by The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 and Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3229), art. 1(2), Sch. 4 para. 2(15)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 para. 5(2)(b) substituted (E.W.) (13.3.2014) by The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (Consequential and Contrary Provisions and Scotland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/560), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 4(2)(b); and substituted (S.) (16.12.2014) by The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 and Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3229), art. 1(2), Sch. 4 para. 2(15)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 5(2)(c) and preceding word inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Pensions and Benefit Payments) (Consequential, etc. Provisions) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/2053), art. 1(3), Sch. para. 5(8)(b)(ii)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F9",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 5(2)(c) substituted (E.W.) (13.3.2014) by The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (Consequential and Contrary Provisions and Scotland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/560), art. 1(2), Sch. 3 para. 4(2)(c); and within which substituted provison was substituted para. (i) (E.W.) (10.12.2014) by The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (Consequential and Contrary Provisions and Scotland) and Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 (Consequential Provisions) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3168), art. 1(2)(3), Sch. para. 11(2)(b); and Sch. 5 para. 5(2)(c) substituted (S.) (16.12.2014) by The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 and Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3229), art. 1(2), Sch. 4 para. 2(15)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 paras. 4-7 modified (6.10.2002) by The Social Security (Inherited SERPS) Regulations 2001 (S.I. 2001/1085), regs. 1(1), 2, Sch. (as amended (5.12.2005) by S.I. 2005/3030, regs. 1, 2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 5 applied (with modifications) (1.3.2009 for specified purposes, 6.4.2009 in so far as not already in force) by Pensions Act 2007 (c. 22), ss. 14(8)-(11), 30(2)(a); S.I. 2009/406, art. 2(a)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 5(1) modified (19.7.1995) by Pensions Act 1995 (c. 26), s. 180(2)(a), Sch. 4 para. 21(16)"
    }
  ],
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      "type": "amendment to earlier affecting provision S.I. 2005/469 reg. 2(4)(a)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2006/516",
      "affecting_title": "The Social Security (Deferral of Retirement Pensions etc.) Regulations 2006"
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/4/schedule/5/paragraph/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:36:29.915383+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."
}