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61.—(1) In the Social Security Pensions (Northern Ireland) Order 1975(1), Article 69 is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (5ZB)(a), after “widow’s pension” insert “other than one within sub-paragraph (b)”.
(3) In paragraph (5ZB)(b), after “widower’s pension,” insert “or in the case of a widow’s pension to which entitlement relies on the Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019,”.
(4) In paragraph (5ZC)—
(a)in sub-paragraph (b), after “this paragraph” insert “, but this is subject to sub-paragraph (c)”, and
(b)after sub-paragraph (b) insert—
“(c)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;”.
S.I. 1975/1503 (N.I. 15). In Article 69, paragraphs (5ZB) and (5ZC) were inserted by section 110 of the Pensions (No. 2) Act (Northern Ireland) 2008 (c.13 (N.I.)).
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