Entitlement to widow’s pension

(1) The widow of the relevant person shall be entitled to a periodical payment (hereafter in these Regulations referred to as “widow’s pension”) if at the date of death of such person the widow– (a) was pregnant by the relevant person or had the care of a child of his under sixteen years or under twenty–one years if receiving full time education and she shall be so entitled as long as she is pregnant or has the care of such child under sixteen years or under twenty–one years if receiving full time education; or (b) has been married to the relevant person for not less than three years, and she was– (i) over the age of fifty in which case the pension shall be payable for life; or (ii) permanently incapable of selfsupport and wholly dependent on such person, in which case the pension shall be payable as long as she is so incapable. (2) A widow who at the date of the relevant person’s death was entitled to receive a pension in accordance with subparagraph (a) of paragraph (1) shall be entitled to receive that pension for life if, on attaining the age of fifty years she 80 Social Security still has the care of such child under sixteen years, or under twenty–one years if receiving full time education. (3) A widow who at the date of the relevant person’s death was not entitled to receive a pension under paragraph (1) shall receive a pension for a period of fifty–two weeks at the same rate as the pension to which she would have been entitled had she satisfied those conditions. (4) A widow’s pension shall cease if the widow remarries or would be deemed to have remarried under the provisions of Regulation 63.