Effect of guaranteed minimum pension on social security benefits

18 Equal treatment for widows and widowers

In section 47(1) of the Pension Schemes Act 1993 (c. 48) (which limits the width of the reference in section 46(1) to a person entitled to a guaranteed minimum pension by virtue of being the widower of an earner)—

a

after “an earner” insert “ in any case where he is entitled to a benefit other than a widowed parent’s allowance ”;

b

for paragraph (a) substitute—

a

he is also entitled to a Category B retirement pension by virtue of the earner’s contributions (or would be so entitled but for section 43(1) of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992); or

and

c

in paragraph (b), for “section 41(7)” substitute “ section 41(5) ” and for “the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992” substitute “ that Act ”.