F3Widows', surviving civil partners' and children's pensions
4AF1Widowers'F2 and surviving civil partners' pensions.
1
section 4 shall have effect in relation to the death of a female personF2 who has, or has had, a husband or civil partner as it has effect in relation to the death of a male personF2 who has, or has had, a wife or civil partner but as if—
a
for the words “widow”, “widow's pension” and “wife” there were substituted “widower”, “widower's pension” and “husband”;
b
for the words “his” and “him” there were substituted “
her
”
; and
c
for the word “he” there were substituted “
she
”
.
2
The transitional provisions set out inF2 Part 1 of Schedule 2 to this Act shall effect in relation to widowers' pensions.
F23
The transitional provisions set out in Part 2 of Schedule 2 shall have effect in relation to surviving civil partners' pensions.
SI 2005/3325