# The Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments No. 4) Regulations 2017, Regulation 3: Amendment of the Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations 1979


(1) The Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations 1979 are amended as follows.
(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 Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (widowed mother’s allowance: deaths before 9 April 2001);”.
(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”;
(b) after paragraph (f), insert—
“(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,”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2017/1015/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-miscellaneous-amendments-no-4-regulations-2017/regulation-3
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