Paragraph 4 Application of AgreementI1

England, Wales and Scotland

The 1977 Agreement shall not apply and this Agreement shall apply to a person who reaches pensionable age before 6th April 2016 and whose spouse or civil partner reaches pensionable age on or after that date F1 but before 6th April 2019, for the purposes of claims for and determining entitlement to—

(a)

a Category A retirement pension by virtue of section 48^f1 (use of former spouse’s contributions) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 or section 48 (use of former spouse’s contributions) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;

(b)

a Category B retirement pension under Part 2 (contributory benefits) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 or Part 2 (contributory benefits) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992;

(c)

a Category A retirement pension by virtue of section 48 of the Isle of Man Contributions and Benefits Act;

(d)

a Category B retirement pension under Part 2 of the Isle of Man Contributions and Benefits Act.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in Sch. art. 4 inserted (6.4.2019) by The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreement) (Isle of Man) (Amendment) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1359), art. 1, Sch. para. 6

Commencement

I1: Sch. para. 4 in force at 6.4.2016, see art. 1

Footnotes

f1: Section 48 was amended by paragraph 24 of Schedule 24 to the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (c.33), by paragraph 30 of Schedule 7 to the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c.30) and by S.I. 2014/3229.

Notes on Schedule

Textual amendments

F1: Word in Sch. heading substituted (6.4.2019) by The Social Security (Reciprocal Agreement) (Isle of Man) (Amendment) Order 2018 (S.I. 2018/1359), art. 1, Sch. para. 2