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SOCIAL SECURITY PENSIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1975 - SECT 11



11.(1) This Article has effect where but for section 27(6) of the principal
Act (prevention of double entitlement) a person would be entitled both

(a)to a Category A retirement pension; and

(b)to a Category B retirement pension under Article 10 or a Category B
retirement pension under section 29 of the principal Act by virtue of the
contributions of a husband who has died.

(2) If by reason of a deficiency of contributions the basic component in the
Category A retirement pension falls short of the sum specified in Article
8(1)(a), that component shall be increased by the amount of the shortfall or
the amount of the basic component in the rate of the Category B retirement
pension, whichever is the less.

(3) If the additional component in the Category A retirement pension falls
short of the prescribed maximum, that component shall be increased by the
amount of the shortfall or the amount of the additional component in the rate
of the Category B retirement pension, whichever is the less.



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