Social Security Pensions Act 1975

Widow's benefit

13 Rate of widowed mother's allowance and widow's pension

(1) Where a woman becomes entitled to a widowed mother's allowance or a widow's pension in consequence of the death of her husband and he was over pensionable age when he died, the weekly rate of that allowance or pension shall, subject to subsection (3) below, be determined in the manner specified in section 6 above for a Category A retirement pension, taking references in that section to the pensioner as references to the husband.

(2) Where a woman becomes entitled to a widowed mother's allowance or widow's pension in consequence of the death of her husband and he was under pensionable age when he died, the weekly rate of that allowance or pension shall, subject to subsection (3) below, be determined in the manner specified in section 6 above for a Category A retirement pension, taking references in that section to the pensioner and the tax year in which he attained pensionable age as references to the husband and to the tax year in which he died.

(3) The foregoing provisions of this section shall, so far as they relate to a widow's pension, have effect subject to section 26(2) of the principal Act (reduction of widow's pension for woman under 50).