{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-courts-act-northern-ireland-1959/section-122",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-courts-act-northern-ireland-1959/section-122.json",
  "legislation": "apni/1959/25",
  "legislation_title": "County Courts Act (Northern Ireland) 1959",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-courts-act-northern-ireland-1959",
  "path": "section/122",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "122",
  "heading": "Power to grant widows', surviving civil partners' and children's pensions.",
  "text": "(1) Subject to the provisions of sections one hundred and twenty-one to one hundred and thirty-three, on the death after the commencement of this Part of a person (in this Part referred to as “the deceased” ) who—\n(a) had become eligible for a pension for service; or\n(b) was serving at the time of his death and would, if he had then retired on the ground of permanent infirmity, have become eligible for a pension for such service;\nthere may be granted in respect of his service—\n(i) where he leaves a widow, a pension to that widow (in this Part referred to as a “widow's pension” );\n(ia) where he leaves a surviving civil partner, a pension to that surviving civil partner (in this Part referred to as a “surviving civil partner's pension”); and\n(ii) where he had a wife or a civil partner at any time during his service (whether or not the marriage or civil partnership continued until his death and whether or not a widow's pension or surviving civil partner's pension is or can be granted), a pension for the benefit of any relevant children (in this Part referred to as a “children's pension”)\n(2) In subsection (1)(ii), “relevant children\" means”\n(a) in relation to a marriage, any children of the marriage, and\n(b) in relation to a civil partnership, any children of the family,\nand in paragraph (b) “children of the family” is to be construed in accordance with Article 2(2) of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995[9].",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "SI 2005/3325"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1959/25/section/122",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:33:09.633949+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}