Part II Contributory Benefits

Preliminary

20 Descriptions of contributory benefits.

(1)

Contributory benefits under this Part of this Act are of the following descriptions, namely—

F1(a)

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F2(b)

incapacity benefit, comprising—

(i)

short-term incapacity benefit; and

(ii)

long-term incapacity benefit;

(d)

maternity allowance F3... ;

(e)

widow’s benefit, comprising—

F4(i)

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(ii)

widowed mother’s allowanceF5...;

(iii)

widow’s pension;

F6(ea)

widowed parent's allowance;

(f)

retirement pensions of the following categories—

(i)

Category A, payable to a person by virtue of his own contributions (with increase for adult F7... dependants); and

F8(ii)

Category B, payable to a person by virtue of the contributions of a spouse F9or civil partner F5... ;

F10(fa)

shared additional pensions;

(g)

for existing beneficiaries only, child’s special allowance.

(2)

In this Act—

“long-term benefit” means—

(a)

F11long-term incapacity benefit;

(b)

a widowed mother’s allowance;

(c)

F12a widowed parent’s allowance;

(d)

F13. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(e)

a widow’s pension; and

(f)

a Category A or Category B retirement pension; and

(g)

F14a shared additional pension;

“short-term benefit” means—

(a)

F15. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(b)

F16short-term incapacity benefit; and

(c)

maternity allowance.

(3)

The provisions of this Part of this Act are subject to the provisions of F17Chapter II of Part III of the Pensions Act F18(reduction in benefits for members of schemes that were contracted-out).