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SOCIAL SECURITY PENSIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1975 - SECT 15



15.(1) Where a woman becomes entitled to a widowed mother's allowance or a
widow's pension in consequence of the death of her husband and he was over
pensionable age when he died, the weekly rate of that allowance or pension
shall, subject to paragraph (3), be determined in the manner specified in
Article 8 for a Category A retirement pension, taking references in that
Article to the pensioner as references to the husband.

(2) Where a woman becomes entitled to a widowed mother's allowance or widow's
pension in consequence of the death of her husband and he was under
pensionable age when he died, the weekly rate of that allowance or pension
shall, subject to paragraph (3), be determined in the manner specified in
Article 8 for a Category A retirement pension, taking references in that
Article to the pensioner and the tax year in which he attained pensionable age
as references to the husband and to the tax year in which he died.

(3) The foregoing provisions of this Article shall, so far as they relate to a
widow's pension, have effect subject to section 26(2) of the principal Act
(reduction of widow's pension for woman under 50).



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