NIM31015 - Special Cases: Widows: Widow living with a man as his wife after initial period: "Living together" ends or widow remarries following period of "living together"

Regulation 128 Social Security (Contributions) Regulations 2001 (SI 2001 No. 1004)

A woman’s reduced liability ceases if, after the end of the tax year in which she began living with a man as his wife;

  • the ‘living togetherâ€� ends; or
  • the widow remarries

The widow keeps her reduced rate election if ‘living together� ends in the same tax year as it began and either the widow’s benefit is put back into payment or the widow remarries in the same tax year.