# The Social Security (Graduated Retirement Benefit) (Married Same Sex Couples) Regulations 2014, Regulation 2: Amendment of section 37 of the National Insurance Act 1965


(1) In section 37(1) of the National Insurance Act 1965 (special provisions as to graduated retirement benefit for widows, widowers and surviving civil partners), as that section has effect in relation to a survivor who attained pensionable age on or after 6th April 2010, after “widower”, in each place where it occurs, insert “, surviving same sex spouse”.
(2) In section 37(1) of that Act, as that section has effect in relation to a survivor who attained pensionable age before 6th April 2010, after paragraph (c) insert —
“or
(d) where a man, having paid graduated contributions as an insured person, dies leaving a widower, and they have both attained pensionable age at the time of his death; or
(e) where a woman, having paid graduated contributions as an insured person, dies leaving a widow, and they have both attained pensionable age at the time of her death,”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/76/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-graduated-retirement-benefit-married-same-sex-couples-regulations-2014/regulation-2
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