# The Social Security (Graduated Retirement Benefit) Regulations 1978, Regulation 3: Graduated retirement benefit for women who have been married more than once


For the purposes of section 37 of the 1965 Act (special provisions as to graduated retirement benefit for widows) a woman who has been married more than once and who is entitled to graduated retirement benefit for any period by virtue of the provisions of that section in respect of a second or subsequent husband shall not be precluded from entitlement to graduated retirement benefit for that period by virtue of that section in respect of a former husband, but shall be so entitled to the extent only that it is payable to her by the application of section 36(4) of the 1965 Act in respect of any period before the death of the first-mentioned husband.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1978/391/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-graduated-retirement-benefit-regulations-1978/regulation-3
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