# Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, Paragraph 5

Extent: N.I.

(1) Where—
(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 dies, and
(b) S either—
(i) was entitled to a guaranteed minimum pension with an increase under section 11(1) of the Pensions Act, or
(ii) would have been so entitled if S had retired on the date of S’s death,
the rate of W’s pension shall be increased by the following amount.
(2) The amount is—
(a) where W is a woman—
(i) whose deceased spouse was a man, or
(ii) who falls within paragraph 7(3) below,
an amount equal to the sum of the amounts set out in paragraph 5A(2) or (3) below (as the case may be), ...
(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
(c) where W is—
(i) a woman who does not fall within paragraph 7(3) below and whose deceased spouse was a woman,
(ii) a man whose deceased spouse was a man, or
(iii) a surviving civil partner,
an amount equal to the sum of the amounts set out in paragraph 6A(2) below.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1992/7/schedule/5/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-contributions-and-benefits-northern-ireland-act-1992/schedule-5/paragraph-5
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