SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 24Social security, child support and tax credits
Part 5Amendments of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits (Northern Ireland) Act 1992 (c. 7)
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1
Amend section 51 (category B retirement pension for widowers) as follows.
2
After subsection (1) insert—
1A
A civil partner shall be entitled to a Category B retirement pension if—
a
his or her civil partner has died and they were civil partners of each other at the time of that death,
b
they were both over pensionable age at the time of that death, and
c
before that death the deceased civil partner satisfied the contribution conditions for a Category A retirement pension in Schedule 3, Part 1, paragraph 5.
3
In subsection (2)—
a
for “man's” substitute “
person's
”
, and
b
after “wife” insert “
or deceased civil partner
”
.
4
In subsection (3), after “2002” insert “
or a surviving civil partner
”
.
5
In subsection (4)—
a
for “man” substitute “
person
”
, and
b
after “pension” insert “
under this section
”
.
6
Section 51 (as amended by this paragraph) does not confer a right to a Category B retirement pension on a person who attains pensionable age on or after 6th April 2010.