Tax Credits Act 2002 Schedule 3 paragraph 27

Amendment to widowed mother's allowance and widow's pension rate provisions

Paragraph 27 of Schedule 3 continues an existing amendment to section 39 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992, which deals with the rate of widowed mother's allowance and widow's pension.

• This paragraph maintains a previously made textual amendment to section 39 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992.
• The amendment affects subsections (1), (2) and (3) of section 39, all of which concern the calculation of widowed mother's allowance and widow's pension rates.
• The change replaces the words "sections 44 and" with "sections 44 to", broadening the range of sections cross-referenced when determining pension and allowance rates.
• The effect is to ensure that a consecutive range of sections (from section 44 onwards), rather than just section 44 and one other specific section, are taken into account when calculating these benefits.