# State Pension Credit Act 2002, Section 18: Equal treatment for widows and widowers


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)—
(a) after “an earner” insert “ in any case where he is entitled to a benefit other than a widowed parent’s allowance ”;
(b) for paragraph (a) substitute—
“(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”;
and
(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 ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2002/16/section/18 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-credit-act-2002/section-18
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