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The Social Security (Benefit) (Married Women and Widows Special Provisions) Regulations 1974
SOCIAL SECURITY
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These Regulations modify the Social
Security Act 1973 in its application to women
who are or have been married. The main provisions relate to crediting contributions,
or deeming contribution conditions satisfied, in the case of certain widows
and other women whose marriages have been terminated (regulations 2-7), the determining
of the basis on which the disqualifications for unemployment benefit contained
in section 14(2)
of the Act shall be applied to married women (
regulation 8), the provision of certain benefits
at reduced rates for certain women who do not satisfy the contribution conditions
in full (regulation 9),
and the treatment of voidable marriages and presumption of death (
regulation 10).
Barbara CastleSecretary of State for Social Services