SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 24Social security, child support and tax credits
Part 3Amendments of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (c. 4)
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1
Amend section 48B (category B retirement pension for widows and widowers) as follows.
2
After subsection (1) insert—
1A
A person (“the pensioner”) who attains pensionable age on or after 6th April 2010 and whose civil partner died—
a
while they were civil partners of each other, and
b
after the pensioner attained pensionable age,
shall be entitled to a Category B retirement pension by virtue of the contributions of the civil partner if the civil partner satisfied the conditions specified in Schedule 3, Part 1, paragraph 5.
3
In subsection (2), after “subsection (1)” insert “
or (1A)
”
.
4
In subsection (3), after “spouse”
(in each place) insert “
or civil partner
”
.