56 Entitlement to Category B retirement pension by reference to new allowances
Welfare Reform and Pensions Act 1999 (1999 c 30) | Legislation

56  Entitlement to Category B retirement pension by reference to new allowances

After section 48B of the Contributions and Benefits Act there shall be inserted—

“48BB Category B retirement pension: entitlement by reference to benefits under section 39A or 39B

(1)     Subsection (2) below applies where a person (“the pensioner”) who has attained pensionable age—

(a)     was, immediately before attaining that age, entitled to a widowed parent's allowance in consequence of the death of his or her spouse; and

(b)     has not remarried.

(2)     The pensioner shall be entitled to a Category B retirement pension by virtue of the contributions of the spouse, which shall be payable at the same weekly rate as the widowed parent's allowance.

(3)     Subsections (4) to (10) below apply where a person (“the pensioner”) who has attained pensionable age—

(a)

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