[40 Long-term incapacity benefit for widows]
Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 (1992 c 4) | Legislation

[40  Long-term incapacity benefit for widows]

[(1)ÌýÌýÌýÌý Subject to subsection (2) below, this section applies to a woman who—

(a)ÌýÌýÌýÌý on her late husband's death is not entitled to a widowed mother's allowance or subsequently ceases to be entitled to such an allowance;

(b)ÌýÌýÌýÌý is incapable of work at the time when he dies or when she subsequently ceases to be so entitled;

(c)ÌýÌýÌýÌý ±ð¾±³Ù³ó±ð°ù—

(i)ÌýÌýÌýÌý would have been entitled to a widow's pension if she had been over the age of 45 when her husband died or when she ceased to be entitled to a widowed mother's allowance; or

(ii)ÌýÌýÌýÌý is entitled to such a pension with a reduction under section 39(4) above; and

(d)ÌýÌýÌýÌý is not entitled to incapacity benefit apart from this section.

(2)ÌýÌýÌýÌý This section does not apply to a woman unless—

(a)

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