
1 
These regulations may be cited as the Social Security (Widow's
Benefit, Retirement Pensions and Other Benefits) (Transitional) Regulations
1979 and shall come into operation on 10th July 1979.
2 

(1) In these regulations, unless the context
otherwise requires:—
 “the Act”
means the Social Security
Act 1975;
 “the former principal Act”
 means the 
National Insurance Act 1965;
 “the Pensions Act”
means the Social Security
Pensions Act 1975;
 “contribution week”
means a period of 7 days beginning with midnight between
Sunday and Monday;
 “the Contributory Pensions
Acts” means the Widows', Orphans'
and Old Age Contributory Pensions Acts 1936 to 1941;
 “pre-1975 beneficiary”
 means— 
(a) a person to or in respect of whom benefit under the former principal
Act (including such benefit, pension or allowance as is mentioned in 
paragraph 17(2)(b) of Schedule 11 to that Act
is, or but for a disqualification or forfeiture would be, payable immediately
before 6th April 1975; and
(b) a person who immediately before
that date had a prospective right to, or expectation of, such benefit;
 “pre-1975 contribution”
 means a contribution of any class paid
under the former principal Act in respect of a week before the contributor
concerned attained pensionable age and also means— 
(a) in relation to widowed mother's allowance, widow's pension,
child's special allowance and a Category B retirement pension to which a woman
is entitled by virtue of section 29(5)
of the Act, a contribution paid under the Contributory Pensions Acts by a
pre-1948 contributor in respect of a period between the date of the contributor's
last entry into insurance under those Acts and 5th July 1948 and paid for
purposes which included widows' and orphans' pensions purposes; and
(b) in relation to a Category A
retirement pension or a Category B retirement pension, other than such a pension
as is referred to in the preceding sub-paragraph, a contribution paid under
the Contributory Pensions Acts by a pre-1948 contributory in respect of a
period between the date of his last entry into insurance under those Acts
and 5th July 1948 and paid for purposes which included old age pensions purposes;

 “pre-1975 contributor”
 means a person who was insured under
the former principal Act;
 “pre-1948 contributor”
 means a person who, within the prescribed
time referred to in paragraph 17(1)(a) of Schedule
11 to the former principal Act, was, or was
deemed to be, or was treated as insured under the Contributory Pensions Acts;

 “reckonable year”
for the purposes of the contribution conditions for any benefit means a tax year before 6th April 1978 in which the contributor concerned
paid or was credited with contributions of a relevant class and the earnings
factor derived from those contributions amounted to not less than that year's
lower earnings limit multiplied by 50;
 “year”
means tax year.
(2) Any reference in these regulations to
a pre-1975 beneficiary who is entitled to benefit under the former principal
Act shall include a person who but for any disqualification or forfeiture
would be entitled to such benefit; and where, on or after 6th April 1975,
a person is, by virtue of these regulations, entitled to benefit under the
Act or the Pensions Act, such entitlement shall be subject to any disqualification
or forfeiture and subject to any reduction in the rate of benefit payable
to which that person's entitlement to benefit under the former principal Act
would have been subject if that Act had continued on or after 6th April 1975.

(3) For the purposes of these regulations
a person who has obtained a decree absolute of presumption of death and dissolution
of marriage under the Matrimonial
Causes Act 1973 shall, notwithstanding that
the spouse whose death has been presumed is dead, be treated as a person whose
marriage has been terminated otherwise than by the death of his spouse unless
the date of his death is established to the satisfaction of the Secretary
of State, a Commissioner, a local tribunal or an insurance officer, whichever
is appropriate; and, in relation to a person who is so treated, the marriage
in question shall be treated as having been terminated on the date of the
decree absolute.
3 
In relation to pre-1975 beneficiaries and pre-1975 contributors
the provisions of the Act and the Pensions Act and the orders and regulations
for the time being in force thereunder shall have effect subject to the modifications
made by these regulations.
4 
Where, on or after 6th April 1975, a person claims, in respect
of an event falling or for a period commencing before 6th April 1975, benefit
under the former principal Act of a description specified in 
Column (1) of Schedule 1 to these regulations,
the claim shall, subject to the provisions of 
regulation 5, be determined as respects such
event or for such period as if the provisions of the former principal Act
and the enactments specified in the third column of 
Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Consequential
Provisions) Act 1975 covering entitlement to
such benefit had continued in force in place of the provisions of the Act
and the Pensions Act covering entitlement to benefit of a corresponding description.

5 

(1) Subject to 
regulation 2(2) where, immediately before 6th
April 1975, a pre-1975 beneficiary was entitled to benefit under the former
principal Act of a description specified in 
Column (1) of Schedule 1 to these regulations
or to any increase of such benefit for a child or adult dependant, he shall
as from that date be entitled, without any claim being made therefore, or
award being made thereof, to benefit under the Act or the Pensions Act of
a description set out in Column (2) of that Schedule opposite the said benefit
under the former principal Act specified in Column (1) as if such benefit
had been claimed and awarded under the Act or the Pensions Act, and to any
increase of such benefit for a child or adult dependant to which he may be
entitled under or by virtue of those Acts.
(2) Where, immediately before 6th April 1975,
a woman was entitled to a widow's pension under the former principal Act by
virtue of regulation 13
of the National Insurance (Widow's Benefit and Retirement
Pensions) Regulations 1972 as being incapable
of self-support by reason of an infirmity, she shall, subject to 
regulation 2(2), be entitled as from 6th April
1975 to a widow's pension under the Act for any period for which she would
have been entitled to such a pension under the former principal Act if the
said regulation 13
and the provisions referred to in that regulation had continued in force.

6 

(1) The first contribution condition for
a widowed mother's allowance, a widow's pension or a Category A or Category
B retirement pension specified in paragraph 5(2)
of Schedule 3 to the Act shall be deemed to
be satisfied in any case where the contributor concerned is, or was, a pre-1975
contributor who had paid not less than 50 pre-1975 contributions.
(2) The said contribution condition for a
Category A retirement pension shall be deemed to be satisfied in the case
of a woman who attains pensionable age on or after 6th April 1975 if—

(a) she was a widow who was entitled to a
widow's allowance or a widowed mother's allowance under the former principal
Act at any time before 6th April 1975 and has not re-married before attaining
pensionable age; or
(b) her marriage was terminated before 6th
April 1975 otherwise than by the death of her husband and she has not re-married
before attaining pensionable age and her husband had paid not less than 50
pre-1975 contributions before the termination of the marriage.
7 

(1) The following provisions of this regulation
shall, except where expressly provided otherwise, have effect only for the
purposes of the second contribution condition for a widowed mother's allowance,
a widow's pension or a Category A or Category B retirement pension specified
in paragraph 5(3) of Schedule 3
to the Act.
(2) Subject to 
paragraph (3), where the contributor concerned
is, or was, a pre-1975 contributor he shall, in respect of that part of his
working life falling before 6th April 1975, have the number of reckonable
years obtained by taking the total number of contributions of any class paid
by or credited to him, in accordance with the provisions of the former principal
Act or regulations made thereunder, for each week in the said part of his
working life or credited to him by any provision of these regulations and
dividing it by 50 and, if the resultant quotient is not a whole number, by
rounding it up to the nearest whole number;provided that the number of reckonable years so obtained
shall not exceed the number of years of a person's working life falling before
6th April 1975.
(3) For the purposes of a Category B retirement
pension under section 29(2)
or (3) of the Act where
the contributor concerned was a pre-1975 contributor who attained pensionable
age before 6th April 1975, the second contribution condition shall be deemed
to be satisfied to the same extent as it was satisfied in relation to that
contributor for the purposes of his Category A retirement pension; so however
that this paragraph shall not apply where that contributor died on or after
that date.
(4) A contribution as payable by a non-employed
person under the former principal Act shall be credited to a pre-1975 contributor—

(a) if he was a pre-1948 contributor, for
each contribution week during the period from 6th April 1936, or if later,
6th April of the year in which he last entered into insurance under the Contributory
Pensions Acts, to 4th July 1948; or
(b) if he was not a pre-1948 contributor
but was insured under the former principal Act and—
(i) he was over the age of 16 on 5th July
1948, for each contribution week in the period from 6th April 1948 to 4th
July 1948; or
(ii) he attained the age of 16 on or after
5th July 1948, for each contribution week in the period from 6th April of
the year in which he attained the age of 16 up to the contribution week immediately
before that in which he reached the upper limit of compulsory school age or,
if later, the contribution week immediately before that in which he attained
the age of 16;provided that a contribution credited to a pre-1975 contributor
under this paragraph for any contribution week specified therein shall be
treated as credited in place of any contribution under the Contributory Pensions
Acts or a contribution of any class under the former principal Act that may
have been paid by, or otherwise credited to, that contributor in respect of
such a week.
(5) In any case where the contributor concerned
attained the age of 16 before 6th April 1975 and is not a pre-1975 contributor,
a contribution as payable by a non-employed person under the former principal
Act shall be credited to him—
(a) if he attained the age of 16 before 5th
July 1948, for each contribution week in the period from 6th April 1948 to
4th July 1948;
(b) if he attained the age of 16 on or after
5th July 1948, for each contribution week from 6th April of the year in which
he attained the age of 16 up to the contribution week immediately before that
in which he attained that age;provided that the maximum number of weeks for which a
contribution may be credited to any person by virtue of the provisions of
this paragraph shall be 50.
(6) For the purposes of paragraphs (4) and (5), if the
period for which contributions are to be credited does not commence with midnight
between Sunday and Monday, the days from the beginning of such period up to
the first such midnight shall be treated as constituting a contribution week
and if the period for which contributions are to be credited does not cease
with midnight between Sunday and Monday, the days from the last such midnight
to the end of such period shall be disregarded.
(7) Subject to 
paragraph (8), the working life of a person
who attained the age of 16 before 5th July 1948 shall—
(a) if he was a pre-1948 contributor, be
the period between 6th April 1936 or, if later, 6th April of the year in which
he last entered into insurance under the Contributory Pensions Acts, and the
end of the year immediately before that in which he attains pensionable age
or dies under that age; or
(b) if he was not a pre-1948 contributor,
be the period between 6th April 1948 and the end of the year immediately before
that in which he attains pensionable age or dies under that age.
(8) Where the contributor concerned has died
on or after 6th April 1975 and he was—
(a) a pre-1948 contributor whose last date
of entry into insurance under the Contributory Pensions Acts was before 30th
September 1946 and who at that date of entry was within 5 years of pensionable
age; or
(b) a pre-1948 contributor whose last date
of entry into insurance under the Contributory Pensions Acts was on or after
30th September 1946 and who at that date of entry was within 10 years of pensionable
age; or
(c) a person who was not a pre-1948 contributor
and who was, immediately before 5th July 1948, within 10 years of pensionable
age,his working life shall be—
(d) where the contributor concerned is a
person to whom paragraph (a)
or (b) applies, the period
from 6th April of the year in which he last entered into insurance under the
Contributory Pensions Acts to 5th April immediately before the date on which
he completed—
(i) where paragraph
(a) applies, the said period of 5 years;
(ii) where 
paragraph (b) applies, the said period of 10
years;
(e) where the contributor concerned is a
person to whom paragraph (c)
applies, the period from 6th April 1948 to 5th April 1958,and the provisions of paragraph (2)
 shall apply as if any employer's contribution
paid in respect of any person to whom this paragraph applies for any period
after such person reached pensionable age were a contribution paid by that
person.
(9) If a pre-1948 contributor's last dates
of entry into insurance under the Contributory Pensions Acts were different
dates for widows' and orphans' pensions purposes and old age pensions purposes,
his date of entry into insurance under those Acts for the purposes of the
second contribution condition for a widowed mother's allowance, a widow's
pension or a Category B retirement pension for a widow by virtue of her husband's
contributions shall be his last date of entry into insurance for widows' and
orphans' pensions purposes, and for the purpose of the said contribution condition
for a Category A retirement pension shall be his last date of entry into insurance
for old age pensions purposes.
(10) In the case of
a person (hereinafter called “the beneficiary”
) whose former spouse was a pre-1975 contributor and who has
the contributions of his said spouse treated, by virtue of 
regulation 8 of, and Schedule 1
to, the Social Security (Widow's Benefit and Retirement
Pensions) Regulations 1979 as if they were
contributions of his own so as to entitle him to a Category A retirement pension— 
(a) the number of any qualifying years before 6th
April 1975 which, by virtue of regulations 7(2)
 and 13,
were or could have been obtained by his former spouse and which may be taken
into account towards the beneficiary's said entitlement, shall be ascertained
by reference to the number of contributions of any class paid by or credited
to his former spouse during the period of the former spouse's working life
between (inclusive) the first year of his working life and (exclusive) the
year in which the marriage terminated or the year 1975/76, whichever is the
earlier, and shall not exceed the number of years in that period; and

(b) the number of any qualifying
years before 6th April 1975 which, by virtue of 
regulations 7(2) and 13,
are obtained by the beneficiary by virtue of 
paragraph 2(b) or, as the case may be, 
paragraph 3(b) of the said Schedule and which
may be taken into account towards his said entitlement shall be ascertained
by reference to the number of contributions of any class paid by or credited
to him during the period or periods specified in the said paragraphs which
fell before 6th April 1975 and shall not exceed the number of years in that
period or in each of those periods, as the case may be;

(c) where the beneficiary is a woman,
if her husband died on or after 5th July 1948 and immediately before that
date he was insured under the Contributory Pensions Acts for purposes which
included widows' and orphans' pensions purposes, the working life of her said
husband may, if it would be more favourable to her, be treated as the period
between 6th April 1936 or, if later, 6th April of the year in which he last
entered into insurance for widows' and orphans' pensions purposes and the
end of the year immediately before that in which he attained pensionable age
or died under that age.
8 
The contribution condition for a child's special allowance specified
in paragraph 6(1) of Schedule 3
to the Act shall be deemed to be satisfied in any case where the contributor
concerned is, or was, a pre-1975 contributor who attained pensionable age
or died under that age on or after 6th April 1975 and had paid not less than
50 pre-1975 contributions.
9 
Where a person who, having attained pensionable age before 6th
April 1975, retires on or after that date or, having made an election before
that date under section 35
of the former principal Act, retires on or after that date—
(a) any question under the former principal
Act relating to that person's entitlement to a retirement pension determined
in advance of a claim before 6th April 1975 shall be treated, for the purpose
of facilitating the determination of a subsequent claim to a Category A or
a Category B retirement pension, as a question determined under the Act in
relation to that person's entitlement to such a pension; and
(b) subject to 
regulation 4, any claim for, or question relating
to, that person's entitlement to a retirement pension that has not been determined
before 6th April 1975 shall be for determination as a claim for, or a question
under the Act relating to that person's entitlement to, a Category A or, as
the case may be, a Category B retirement pension.
10 

(1) In this regulation and in regulations 11 and 12—
 “a pre-1975 increment”
 means an increase of retirement pension
under section 31(1) or 
34(1) of the former principal Act;
 “a post-1975 increment”
 means an increase of a Category A or
B retirement pension which accrued under section
28(4), 28(5) or 
29(10) of the Act between 6th April 1975 and
5th April 1979 (both dates inclusive);and the pre-1975 beneficiaries to whom the said regulations relate
are those who, immediately before 6th April 1975, were, or but for any disqualification
or forfeiture would be, entitled to, or who have prospective rights to, or
expectation of, a pre-1975 increment.
(2) The weekly rate of a Category A or B
retirement pension payable to a pre-1975 beneficiary to whom this regulation
relates shall, in addition to any post-1975 increments that fall to be made,
be increased by the amount of any pre-1975 increments to which, immediately
before 6th April 1975 he was, or but for any disqualification or forfeiture
would have been, entitled or to which he had a prospective right or expectation,
together with increases (if any) of the said amount calculated in accordance
with the provisions of section 124
of the Act and section 23(3)
of the Pensions Act.
(3) The weekly rate of a Category B retirement
pension payable to the widow of a pre-1975 beneficiary to whom this regulation
applies, whom she married on or after 6th April 1975 shall, in addition to
any post-1975 increments that fall to be made, be increased by one half of
the amount of any pre-1975 increments by which the Category A retirement pension
of her husband would, if were still alive, be increased for him by the provisions
of paragraph (2).

(4) Where a pre-1975 beneficiary to whom
this regulation relates has, immediately before 6th April 1979, entitlement,
or a prospective right, to at least one pre-1975 increment, 
paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Pensions Act
shall apply to his case as if—
(a) the words “but only if that
amount is enough to increase the rate of the pension by at least 1 per cent”
 were omitted from that paragraph, and
(b) any contribution as an employed or self-employed
person, paid by him under the former principal Act in respect of any period
after he attained pensionable age and not taken into account for a pre-1975
or a post-1975 increment, were treated as an incremental period for the purposes
of Schedule 1
to the Pensions Act.
(5) Where a pre-1975 beneficiary to whom
this regulation relates is a woman who has attained pensionable age but has
not yet attained the age of 65, any Category B retirement pension payable
to her by virtue of regulation 18
for any day before the day on which she attains the age of 65 or retires before
attaining that age shall be disregarded for the purposes of 
regulation 4 of the Social Security
(Widow's Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations 1979.

11 

(1) The following provisions of this regulation
relate to a person who, having attained pensionable age before 6th April 1979,
retires from regular employment on or after that date or, having made an election
before that date under section 30(3)
of the Act or section 35
of the former principal Act, retires on or after that date.
(2) Where a person, before 6th April 1979,
satisfied the condition in section 28(4)
of the Act that the number of days of increment was at least 48, 
paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Pensions Act
shall apply to his case as if the words “but only if that amount
is enough to increase the rate of the pension by at least 1 per cent”
 were omitted from that paragraph.
(3) Where a person, before 6th April 1979,
did not satisfy the condition in section 28(4)
 of the Act that the number of days of increment
was at least 48, then, subject to the condition specified in 
paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Pensions Act
(that an increase under that paragraph is payable only if its amount would
increase the retirement pension by at least 1 per cent)—
(a) that person's retirement pension shall
be increased by 1/8th per cent of its rate for each period of six days of
increment which fell before 6th April 1979, and
(b) any such day of increment which does
not form part of a period as aforesaid shall be treated as a day of increment
for the purposes of Schedule 1
to the Pensions Act.
(4) For the sole purpose of determining whether
the condition specified in paragraph 1 of Schedule
1 to the Pensions Act (referred to in 
paragraph (3) above) has been satisfied by
a married woman whose husband's days of increment before 6th April 1979 amounted
to less than 48, her entitlement to an increase of a Category B retirement
pension in respect of the period before 6th April 1979 shall be calculated
on the basis of an increase of 1/8th per cent for each incremental period
which fell within the period beginning with the day on which her husband attained
pensionable age, she attained pensionable age or they were married, whichever
is the latest, and ending on 5th April 1979.
12 
For the purpose of calculating entitlement to an increase of retirement
pension under paragraph 4 of Schedule 1
to the Pensions Act (increase of Category A or Category B retirement pension
by amount to which deceased spouse was entitled) in the case of a person whose
spouse dies on or after 6th April 1979, or, in the case of a widow, who attains
pensionable age on or after that date, any pre-1975 increment or post-1975
increment to which the deceased spouse was entitled or would have been entitled
if he had retired on the date of his death shall be treated as an increase
to which he was entitled under the said Schedule.
13 

(1) For the purposes of 
paragraphs 5(2)(b) and 5(3)(b) of Schedule
3 to the Act and 
Schedule 1 to the Social Security (Widow's
Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations 1979
any reckonable year or years shall be treated as a qualifying year or years.

(2) In this regulation 
“qualifying year” means 
a year in which a person's earnings factor is sufficient for satisfaction
of paragraph (b)
of the second contribution condition specified in 
paragraph 5(3) of Schedule 3 to the Act.
14 
The condition in section 8(1)(c)
of the Pensions Act (that the deceased wife satisfied the contribution conditions
in paragraph 5 of Schedule 3
to the Act) shall not be satisfied by virtue of any contributions of a woman's
former husband which were treated as her own by virtue of 
section 28(3) of, and Schedule 7
to, the Act or regulation 4(1)
of, and the Schedule to, the 
Social Security (Benefit) (Married Women and Widows Special Provisions) Regulations
1974 as in force immediately before 6th April
1979.
15 
Where a woman who became entitled to a Category B retirement pension
under section 29(4)
of the Act before 6th April 1979, has, on or after that date, made an election
under section 30(3)
of the Act and has not revoked it then, for the purpose only of determining
her right to increments under Schedule 1
to the Pensions Act, her election shall be treated as if it took effect from
6th April 1975 or, if later, the date of the death of her husband by virtue
of whose contributions she is so entitled.
16 
In relation to a woman who—
(a) attained pensionable age before 6th April
1979, and
(b) is married to a man who attained pensionable
age before 6th April 1979, and
(c) on or after 6th April 1979 is entitled
to a Category B retirement pension under section
29(2) or 29(3)
of the Act,
regulation 4(1)(b)(i)
of the Social Security (Widow's Benefit and Retirement
Pensions) Regulations 1979 (days of deferred
retirement not to be treated as days of increment when certain benefits have
been received) shall not apply by reason only of the fact that the woman has
received graduated retirement benefit by virtue of her having paid graduated
contributions as an insured person.
17 

(1) Subject to 
regulation 2(2) where, immediately before 6th
April 1975, a pre-1975 beneficiary was entitled to a widow's basic pension
under the former principal Act, she shall be entitled, as from that date and
until she either attains pensionable age and retires or attains the age of
65, to a widow's pension under the Act as through she had been 40 years of
age at her husband's death.
(2) A person entitled to a widow's pension
by virtue of this regulation shall be treated as having not been so entitled
immediately before attaining pensionable age for the purposes of any regulations
under the Act disqualifying a widow, not ordinarily resident in Great Britain,
for receiving a retirement pension at a rate higher than the rate of widow's
pension to which she was entitled immediately before attaining pensionable
age.
18 

(1) Subject to 
regulation 2(2) where, immediately before 6th
April 1975, a pre-1975 beneficiary was entitled to a contributory old age
pension under the former principal Act, such beneficiary shall, as from that
date, be entitled—
(a) if entitled to a contributory old age
pension by virtue of his or her own insurance, to a Category A retirement
pension;
(b) if she is a woman who was entitled to
a contributory old age pension by virtue of her husband's insurance, to a
Category B retirement pension;and, in either case, the rate of retirement pension to which any
such person becomes entitled on 6th April 1975 shall, subject to the provisions
of regulation 5,
be at the same rate as the contributory old age pension to which that person
was entitled immediately before that date.
(2) The weekly rate of a Category A or a
Category B retirement pension to which a person, who attained pensionable
age before 6th April 1975 but was less than five years over that age on that
date, is entitled by virtue of this regulation shall not be liable to be reduced
by virtue of section 30(1)
of the Act (earnings rule).
19 

(1) Where before 7th January 1957 a widow
ceased to be entitled to a widow's benefit under the former principal Act
and when she so ceased she was incapable of self-support by reason of an infirmity,
she shall for any subsequent period during which she is under the age of 65
and is incapable of self-support by reason of that infirmity have the same
right (if any) to a widow's pension in respect of the marriage in respect
of which she was entitled to the widow's benefit as if she was over the age
of 50 when her husband died.
(2) The following provisions shall apply
in the case of a widow who claims a widow's pension under 
paragraph (1):—
(a) the widow shall from time to time, as
required by the Secretary of State, furnish evidence by means of a certificate
(in such form as the Secretary of State may approve) that by reason of an
infirmity she is incapable of self-support, and shall at any time, if so directed
by the Secretary of State, submit herself to medical examination by a medical
board appointed by him consisting of two or more medical practitioners; and

(b) for the purpose of the determination
of any questions, by an insurance officer or a local tribunal but not by a
National Insurance Commissioner, as to the nature of the infirmity or whether
an infirmity is the same infirmity as that by reason of which the widow was
previously incapable of self-support, a certificate given by any such medical
board shall be conclusive evidence.
20 
The regulations specified in column
(1) of Schedule 2 to these regulations are
hereby revoked to the extent mentioned in Column (3) of that Schedule.
Patrick Jenkin
Secretary of State for Social Services
11th June 1979
SCHEDULE 1
Regulations 4 and 5


Column (1) Column (2)

Benefits under the former principal Act Benefits under the Act or the Pensions Act

widowed mother's allowance widowed mother's allowance
widow's pension widow's pension
retirement pension by virtue
of own insurance 
Category A retirement pension
retirement pension by virtue of husband's insurance
whilst husband alive Category B retirement pension at the rate specified in 
paragraph 9 of Part I of Schedule 4 to the
Act

retirement pension by virtue of husband's insurance and husband no longer
alive Category
B retirement pension at the rate specified in 
section 6(1)(a) of the Pensions Act for the
basic component of a Category A retirement pension
retirement pension for, or
in respect of, person over pensionable age on 5th July 1948 Category C retirement pension
at rate determined in accordance with section
39(2) of the Act
retirement pension for person
over 80 years of age Category D retirement pension
age addition age addition
invalidity increase of retirement
pension invalidity
increase of Category A retirement pension
widow's basic pension widow's pension as provided for
by regulation 17
contributory
old age pension 
Category A or B retirement pension as provided for by 
regulation 18
child's special allowance child's special allowance


death grant 
death grant
widow's pension by virtue of section
1(1) of the National Insurance Act
1970 benefit by virtue of 
section 39(4) of the Act corresponding to a
widow's pension
widowed mother's allowance by virtue of the said 
section 1(1) benefit by virtue of the said 
section 39(4) corresponding to a widowed mother's
allowance
SCHEDULE 2
Regulation 20


Regulations revoked Reference Extent of revocation
(1) (2) (3)
The 
Widow's Benefit, Retirement Pension and Other Benefits (Transitional) Regulations
1974 S.I. 1974/1757 The whole of the regulations
The 
Social Security (Widow's Benefit and Retirement Pensions) Regulations 1974
 S.I. 1974/2059 Regulations 16
and 17
The 
Social Security (Miscellaneous Amendments and Transitional Provisions) Regulations
1975 S.I. 1975/566 Regulation 2
The 
Social Security (Transitional) Amendment Regulations 1976 S.I. 1976/533 
Regulation 2
The 
Social Security (Benefit) (Transitional) Regulations 1979 S.I. 1979/345 
Regulations 2, 3
and 4