{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-credit-act-2002/section-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-credit-act-2002/section-18.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2002/16",
  "legislation_title": "State Pension Credit Act 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-credit-act-2002",
  "path": "section/18",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Equal treatment for widows and widowers",
  "text": "In section 47(1) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (c. 48) (which limits the width of the reference in section 46(1) to a person entitled to a guaranteed minimum pension by virtue of being the widower of an earner)—\n(a) after “an earner” insert “ in any case where he is entitled to a benefit other than a widowed parent’s allowance ”;\n(b) for paragraph (a) substitute—\n“(a) he is also entitled to a Category B retirement pension by virtue of the earner’s contributions (or would be so entitled but for section 43(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992); or”;\nand\n(c) in paragraph (b), for “section 41(7)” substitute “ section 41(5) ” and for “the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992” substitute “ that Act ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/16/section/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:19:34.394153+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."
}