# The Church of England Pensions Regulations 1988, Regulation 14: Pensions for widows and widowers


(1) Subject to the provisions of this regulation, where a scheme member who has performed a qualifying period of pensionable service dies on or after the date on which these regulations come into force leaving a widow or widower, the widow or widower shall be entitled to receive from the Board for the remainder of her or his life a pension equal to two-thirds of the deceased member’s pension.
(2) Where the deceased scheme member’s marriage took place after the member’s retirement from pensionable service and within six months of the member’s death, the widow or widower shall not be entitled to a pension under this section, but the Board may if they think fit grant a pension to the widow or widower.
(3) The Board may if they think fit in exceptional circumstances grant a pension to the widow or widower notwithstanding that the deceased spouse had performed less than two years' pensionable service.
(4) The Board may if they think fit discontinue the payment of a pension to a widow or widower who remarries and may if they think fit resume the payment of a pension terminated on remarriage.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1988/2256/regulation/14 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/church-of-england-pensions-regulations-1988/regulation-14
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