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SOCIAL SECURITY PENSIONS (NORTHERN IRELAND) ORDER 1975 - LONG TITLE



[17th September 1975]4P ART I [{3}the last order under Article 23 to come into
force] before the end of the final relevant year. B>(5) References in this
Article to the pensioner's earnings factor for any relevant year are
references to the aggregate of his earnings factors derived from contributions
actually paid by him in respect of that year. B>(6) In this Article ""relevant
year'' means any tax year (not being earlier than the first tax year for which
lower and upper earnings limits are specified under Article 3) in the period
between (inclusive) the tax year in which the pensioner attained the age of 16
and (exclusive) the tax year in which he attained pensionable age and ""final
relevant year'' means the last tax year which is a relevant year in relation
to the pensioner. B Rate of widow's Category B retirement pension A> 9. (1)
The weekly rate of a woman's Category B retirement pension payable C >>( a )
by virtue of subsection (2) or (3) of section 29 of the principal Act during
any period after the death of the husband; or C >>( b ) by virtue of
subsection (4) of that section where the husband was over pensionable age when
he died, Bshall 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. B>(2) The weekly rate of a woman's
Category B retirement pension payable by virtue of subsection (4) of
section 29 of the principal Act where the husband was under pensionable age
when he died shall 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 the tax year in which he died. B Category B retirement
pension for widower A> 10. (1){7} A man who has retired from regular
employment shall be entitled to a Category B retirement pension if C >>( a )
he has had a wife and she has died, and he was married to her when she died;
and C >>( b ) they were both over pensionable age when she died; and B> [{8}(
c ) before her death she satisfied the contribution conditions specified in
paragraph 5 of Part I of Schedule 3 to the principal Act.]

(2) The weekly rate of a man's Category B retirement pension under this
Article shall 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 wife.

(3) Subject to the provisions of the principal Act, a man's Category B
retirement pension under this Article shall commence from the date on which he
becomes entitled to it under paragraph (1) and shall be payable for his life.



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