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SOCIAL SECURITY PENSIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1975 - SECT 12

12.(1) This Article has effect where but for section 27(6) of the principal
Act a married woman would be entitled both

(a)to a Category A retirement pension; and

(b)to a Category B retirement pension by virtue of the contributions of her
husband.

(2) If by reason of a deficiency of contributions the basic component in the
Category A retirement pension falls short of the weekly rate specified in
paragraph 9 of Part I of Schedule 4 to the principal Act (married women's
Category B retirement pension), that component shall be increased by the
amount of the shortfall or the amount of the weekly rate of the Category B
retirement pension, whichever is the less.

© 1975 Crown Copyright

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