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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Social Security Benefits Up-rating Order 2016 No. 230
Article 3
Description of benefit | Weekly rate | ||
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5. | Category B retirement pension where section 48A(4) or 48AA(4) applies. | £71.50 |
Description of benefit | Weekly rate | |
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7. | Category D retirement pension. | £71.50 |
Description of benefit, etc. | Rate | |||
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10. | Widow’s pension (weekly rates). | (b) | higher permanent rate | £119.30; |
(c) | lower permanent rate 30 per cent of the first sum specified in section 44(4) (Category A basic retirement pension) (the appropriate rate being determined in accordance with paragraph 16 of Schedule 7) | |||
11. | Widower’s pension (weekly rate). | £119.30. |
Paragraph 5 was amended by section 23 of, and paragraphs 57 and 68 of Schedule 12 to, the 2014 Act and by S.I. 2015/457.
Paragraph 7 was amended by section 23 of, and paragraphs 78 and 81(b) of Schedule 12 to, the 2014 Act.
Widow’s and widower’s pension are payable in relation only to deaths occurring before 11th April 1988 (paragraph 14(1) of Schedule 7 to the Contributions and Benefits Act). Relevant amending instrument is S.I. 2015/457.
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