Regulation 4 Amendment of the Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations

(1)

The Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1979^f1 are amended in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2)

In regulation 1(2) (interpretation) after the definition of “unemployability supplement” insert—

““widowed mother’s allowance” means an allowance referred to in section 37 of the Contributions and Benefits Act;”.

(3)

In regulation 7 (Category B retirement pension for certain widows by virtue of husband’s contributions)—

(a)

in paragraph (e) for “the age of 65” substitute “pensionable age”; and

(b)

after paragraph (f) add—

“(g)
her having ceased to be entitled to a widowed mother’s allowance at a time when she had reached the age of 65 but was under pensionable age,”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.R. 1979 No. 243, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations