# Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992, Paragraph 7

Extent: N.I.

(1) For the purposes of paragraphs 5 to 6A above, the “appropriate amount” means the greater of—
(a) the amount by which the deceased person’s Category A or Category B retirement pension had been increased by virtue of section 132 of the Administration Act corresponding to an order by virtue of section 150(1)(e) of the Great Britain Administration Act; or
(b) the amount by which his Category A or Category B retirement pension would have been so increased had he died immediately before his surviving spouse or civil partner became entitled to a Category A or Category B retirement pension.
(2) Where an amount is required to be calculated in accordance with the provisions of paragraph 5, 5A, 6 or 6A or sub-paragraph (1) above—
(a) the amount so calculated shall be rounded to the nearest penny, taking any 1/2p as nearest to the next whole penny above; and
(b) where the amount so calculated would, apart from this sub-paragraph, be a sum less than 1/2p, that amount shall be taken to be zero, notwithstanding any other provision of this Act, the Pensions Act or the Administration Act.
(3) For the purposes of paragraphs 5, 5A and 6A above, a woman falls within this sub-paragraph if—
(a) she was married to another woman who, at the time of her death, was a woman by virtue of a full gender recognition certificate having been issued under the Gender Recognition Act 2004, and
(b) that marriage subsisted before the time when that certificate was issued.

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