Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

• “applicable limit” has the meaning given by section 44(7)(c) M1;

• F1“relevant day” means the day on which the survivor would, but for section 43 (persons entitled to more than one retirement pension), have become entitled to both—

  1. (a)

     a Category A retirement pension; and

  2. (b)

     a Category B retirement pension by virtue of the contributions of a spouse or civil partner who has died,

  or would have become so entitled if the survivor’s entitlement to a Category A or Category B retirement pension had not been deferred;.

• “relevant year” has the meaning given by section 44(7)(a);

• “survivor” means surviving spouse or surviving civil partner.

In these Regulations a reference to a section by number alone is a reference to the section so numbered in the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992.