# The Social Security (Widow's Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations 1979, Regulation 3: Provisions applying after election


Where an election has been made in accordance with regulation 2—
(a) subject to the provisions of regulations made under section 81(2)(a) of the Act (adjustment to prevent payments for periods of less than a week or at different rates for different parts of a week), no Category A or B retirement pension or a shared additional pension shall be payable to a person ... for any period on or after the date of his election and before he subsequently becomes entitled to a Category A or Category B retirement pension or a shared additional pension or dies; and
(b) where the person who has made the election is a woman who became entitled to a Category B retirement pension in accordance with section 29(4) of the Act, and she revokes her election, she shall cease to be treated as if she had not become entitled to such a retirement pension; ...
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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1979/642/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/social-security-widows-benefit-and-retirement-pensions-regulations-1979/regulation-3
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