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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-credit-act-northern-ireland-2002/section-18",
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  "legislation": "nia/2002/14",
  "legislation_title": "State Pension Credit Act (Northern Ireland) 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/state-pension-credit-act-northern-ireland-2002",
  "path": "section/18",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Equal treatment for widows and widowers",
  "text": "In section 43(1) of the Pension Schemes Act (further provisions concerning entitlement to guaranteed minimum pensions for the purposes of section 42)—\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 (Northern Ireland) Act 1992); or” ; and\n(c) in paragraph (b), for “section 41(7) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992” substitute “ section 41(5) of that Act ”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nia/2002/14/section/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:21:32.497141+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."
}