[39A Widowed parent's allowance]
Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (1992 c 4) | Legislation

[39A  Widowed parent's allowance]

[[(1)     This section applies where—

(a)     a person's [spouse, civil partner or cohabiting partner] has died before the day on which section 30 of the Pensions Act 2014 comes into force (but see subsection (1A)),

(b)     the person has not married or formed a civil partnership [or a cohabiting partnership] after the death but before that day, and

(c)     the person is under pensionable age on that day.

(1A)     This section does not apply in cases where a woman's husband has died before 9 April 2001.]

(2)     The surviving spouse [or civil partner] shall be entitled to a widowed parent's allowance at the rate determined in accordance with section 39C below if the deceased spouse [or civil partner] satisfied the contribution conditions for a widowed parent's allowance specified in Schedule 3, Part I, paragraph 5 and—

(a)     the surviving spouse [or civil partner] is entitled to child benefit in respect of a child [or qualifying young person] falling within subsection (3) below; . . .

(b)     the surviving spouse [or cohabiting partner] is a woman who either—

(i)     is pregnant by her late husband [or the deceased cohabiting partner], or

(ii)     if she and he were residing together immediately

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