{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-state-pension-and-national-insurance-credits-regulations-2009/regulation-14",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-state-pension-and-national-insurance-credits-regulations-2009/regulation-14.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2009/2206",
  "legislation_title": "The Social Security (State Pension and National Insurance Credits) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-state-pension-and-national-insurance-credits-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/14",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "14",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Social Security (Widow’s Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations 1979",
  "text": "After regulation 8 insert—\n“8A. (1) This regulation applies to a person—\n(a) whose marriage or civil partnership terminated otherwise than by the death of that person’s spouse or civil partner;\n(b) whose marriage or civil partnership terminated after—\n(i) that person; and\n(ii) that person’s former spouse or former civil partner,\nattained pensionable age;\n(c) who attained pensionable age on or after 6th April 2010;\n(d) whose former spouse or former civil partner attained pensionable age on or after 6th April 2010; and\n(e) whose former spouse or former civil partner satisfied the contribution condition specified in paragraph 5A(2) of Schedule 3 (contribution conditions for entitlement to benefit) to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (“the 1992 Act”).\n(2) Where a person to whom this regulation applies does not satisfy the contribution condition specified in paragraph 5A(2) of Schedule 3 to the 1992 Act, that person shall be treated as having satisfied that condition by virtue of the contributions of the former spouse or civil partner.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2009/2206/regulation/14",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T03:06:46.489243+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}