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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-contributions-and-benefits-northern-ireland-act-1992/schedule-5/paragraph-5A",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1992/7",
  "legislation_title": "Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-contributions-and-benefits-northern-ireland-act-1992",
  "path": "schedule/5/paragraph/5A",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "5A",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies where W (referred to in paragraph 5 above) is a woman—\n(a) whose deceased spouse was a man, or\n(b) who falls within paragraph 7(3) below.\n(2) Where the spouse dies before 6th October 2002, the amounts referred to in paragraph 5(2)(a) above are the following—\n(a) an amount equal to one-half of the increase mentioned in paragraph 5(1)(b) above,\n(b) the appropriate amount, and\n(c) an amount equal to any increase to which the spouse had been entitled under paragraph 5 above.\n(3) Where the spouse dies after 5th October 2002, the amounts referred to in paragraph 5(2)(a) above are the following—\n(a) one-half of the appropriate amount ... , and\n(b) one-half of any increase to which the spouse had been entitled under paragraph 5 above.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 paras. 5, 5A, 6 substituted (16.12.1995) for Sch. 5 paras. 5 and 6 by S.I. 1995/3213 (N.I. 22), arts. 1, 123, Sch. 2 para. 18(15)(16)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 5A omitted (7.6.2012 for specified purposes) by virtue of Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012 (c. 3), ss. 3(5), 34(3) (with s. 3(7)); S.R. 2012/233, art. 2(2)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 para. 5A(1) substituted (13.1.2020) by The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1514), regs. 1(2), 66(18)(b) (with regs. 6-9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 5 para. 5A(2) substituted (13.1.2020) by The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1514), regs. 1(2), 66(18)(c) (with regs. 6-9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 para. 5A(2)(3) substituted (retrospectively) by virtue of 2000 c. 4 (N.I.), s. 35(1)(2)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Word in Sch. 5 para. 5A(3) substituted (13.1.2020) by The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1514), regs. 1(2), 66(18)(c) (with regs. 6-9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 para. 5A(3)(a) omitted (with effect in accordance with s. 5(3)-(5) of the amending Act) by virtue of Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c. 1), Sch. 1 para. 20"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "Sch. 5 paras. 4-7 modified (6.10.2002) by S.R. 2001/441, art. 2"
    }
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:36:23.179265+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."
}