{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-courts-act-northern-ireland-1959/section-135",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/county-courts-act-northern-ireland-1959/section-135.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/135",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "135",
  "heading": "Interpretation of this Part.",
  "text": "(1) In this Part the expression—\n“derivative benefit” means any lump sum under this Part or any widow's, widower's, surviving civil partner's or children's pension;\n“service” includes service before the commencement of this Act, and in relation to any derivative benefit or any contribution taking the form of a reduction in a derivative benefit the said expression has the same meaning as it has in relation to the personal pension;\n“the personal pension” in relation to any derivative benefit or contribution taking the form of a reduction in a derivative benefit means the pension for which eligibility is a condition of the granting of the derivative benefit.\nSubs. (2) rep. by 1980 NI 3\nSubs. (3) rep. by 1987 NI 22",
  "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/135",
    "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."
}