(1) Subject to this Act, a pension shall be payable to a widow, widower or surviving civil partner who has not attained pensionable age.
(2) A pension payable to a widow, widower or surviving civil partner shall, subject to this Chapter, continue to be payable unless the beneficiary marries or remarries or enters into a civil partnership or a new civil partnership and in that case the pension shall cease as and from the beneficiary’s marriage or remarriage or entry into a civil partnership or a new civil partnership.
(3) A person shall not be entitled to a pension under this section unless he or she is habitually resident in the State.