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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-contributions-and-benefits-northern-ireland-act-1992/schedule-5/paragraph-6",
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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/6",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This paragraph applies where W (referred to in paragraph 5 above) is a man whose deceased spouse was a woman.\n(2) Where the wife dies before 6th April 1989, the amounts referred to in paragraph 5(2)(b) above are the following—\n(a) an amount equal to 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 wife had been entitled under paragraph 5 above.\n(3) Where the wife dies after 5th April 1989 but before 6th October 2002, the amounts referred to in paragraph 5(2)(b) above are the following—\n(a) the increase mentioned in paragraph 5(1)(b) above, so far as attributable to employment before 6th April 1988,\n(b) one-half of that increase, so far as attributable to employment after 5th April 1988,\n(c) the appropriate amount reduced by the amount of any increases under section 105 of the Pension Act, and\n(d) any increase to which the wife had been entitled under paragraph 5 above.\n(4) Where the wife dies after 5th October 2002, the amounts referred to in paragraph 5(2)(b) above are the following—\n(a) one-half of the increase mentioned in paragraph 5(1)(b) above, so far as attributable to employment before 6th April 1988,\n(b) one-half of the appropriate amount ... , and\n(c) one-half of any increase to which the wife had been entitled under paragraph 5 above.",
  "extent": "N.I.",
  "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 Pt. III paras. 18(15)(16)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 5 para. 6 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. 6(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)(d) (with regs. 6-9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 para. 6(3)(4) substituted (retrospectively) by virtue of 2000 c. 4 (N.I.), s. 35(1)(2)(c)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Sch. 5 para. 6(4)(b) 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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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:36:23.179265+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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