PART 6Amendments: Pensions and Social Security: Primary Legislation

Social Security Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1975I161

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In the Social Security Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 197587, Article 69 is amended as follows.

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In paragraph (5ZC)—

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in sub-paragraph (b), after “this paragraph” insert “, but this is subject to sub-paragraph (c)”, and

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after sub-paragraph (b) insert—

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applies to a widow’s or widower’s or surviving civil partner’s pension, where the pension is one to which entitlement relies on the Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019, only in respect of amounts payable on or after 13th January 2020;