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

[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 attained pensionable age before 6 April 2016]—

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

(b)     has not [following that death married or formed a civil partnership].

(2)     The pensioner shall be entitled to a Category B retirement pension by virtue of the contributions of the spouse [or civil partner], 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 attained pensionable age before 6 April 2016]—

(a)     was in consequence of the death of his or her spouse [or civil partner] either—

(i)     entitled to a bereavement

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