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The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (Consequential and Contrary Provisions and Scotland) Order 2014

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Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992

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4.—(1) Schedule 5 to the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (pension increase or lump sum where entitlement to retirement pension is deferred) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 5(2)—

(a)in paragraph (a), for “widow” substitute “woman whose deceased spouse was a man”,

(b)in paragraph (b), for “widower” substitute “man whose deceased spouse was a woman”, and

(c)for paragraph (c) substitute—

(c)where W is—

(i)a woman whose deceased spouse was a woman,

(ii)a man whose deceased spouse was a man, or

(iii)a surviving civil partner,

an amount equal to the sum of the amounts set out in paragraph 6A(2) below..

(3) In paragraph 5A(1), for “widow” substitute “woman whose deceased spouse was a man”.

(4) In paragraph 6(1), for “widower” substitute “man whose deceased spouse was a woman”.

(5) In paragraph 6A(1)—

(a)for sub-paragraph (1) substitute—

(1) This paragraph applies where W (referred to in paragraph 5 above) is—

(a)a woman whose deceased spouse was a woman,

(b)a man whose deceased spouse was a man, or

(c)a surviving civil partner., and

(b)in sub-paragraph (2)(c), before “civil partner” insert “spouse or”.

(1)

Paragraph 6A was inserted by S.I. 2005/2053 and was amended by the Pensions Act 2007, Schedule 1, paragraph 20 and Schedule 7, Part 3. It was repealed by the Pensions Act 2011 (c. 19) but that repeal is not fully in force.

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