# The Social Security (Widow's Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations 1979, Regulation 13: Benefit corresponding to a widow's pension for widows of men over pensionable age on 5th July 1948


(1) Subject to the provisions of these regulations, a widow whose husband was over pensionable age on 5th July 1948 shall be entitled to benefit corresponding to a widow's pension at a rate ascertained in accordance with paragraph (3) if—
(a) she was over the age of 45 but under the age of 65 either—
(i) when her husband died; or
(ii) if she was entitled under regulation 14 to benefit corresponding to a widowed mother's allowance, when she ceased to be so entitled; and
(b) the requirements of sub-paragraph (d) or (e) of regulation 11(1) are satisfied in her case.
(2) The period for which benefit is payable under paragraph (1) shall be any period commencing on the date on which the requirements of sub-paragraph (d) or (e) of regulation 11(1) are first satisfied in the case of the widow, and during which she is under the age of 65 and for which she is not entitled under regulation 14 to benefit corresponding to a widowed mother's allowance; so however that the benefit shall not be payable for any period after the widow's remarriage or for any period during which she and a man to whom she is not married are living together as husband and wife.
(3) The benefit under paragraph (1) shall be at the higher rate specified in relation to a Category C retirement pension in Part III of Schedule 4 to the Act; so however that in the case of a widow who was under the age of 55 either when her husband died, or, if she was entitled under regulation 14 to benefit corresponding to a widowed mother's allowance, when she ceased to be so entitled, the rate of such benefit shall be reduced as if the provisions of section 26(2) of the Act applied to it.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1979/642/regulation/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-widows-benefit-and-retirement-pensions-regulations-1979/regulation-13
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