# The Social Security (Inherited SERPS)(Amendment) Regulations 2005, Regulation 2: Amendment of the Social Security (Inherited SERPS) Regulations 2001


In the Social Security (Inherited SERPS) Regulations 2001—
(a) after paragraph (3) of regulation 2 (modification of Part II of the Contributions and Benefits Act) there shall be added the following paragraph—
“(4) Where, on or after 6th April 2006, a person becomes a person of a description specified in Column 1 of the Schedule to these Regulations and entitled to a widowed person’s lump sum under paragraph 7A of Schedule 5 to the Contributions and Benefits Act, paragraph 7B(3) of Schedule 5 to that Act shall have effect so that the half of the additional pension specified in paragraph (b) of the definition of “P” is increased by the percentage specified in Column 2 of the Schedule to these Regulations.”;
(b) in the heading to the Schedule, for “Regulation 2(2)” there shall be substituted “Regulation 2(2) and (4)”;
(c) at the end of the title to the Schedule, there shall be added the words “AND IN THE PROPORTION OF ADDITIONAL PENSION USED IN THE CALCULATION OF A WIDOWED PERSON’S LUMP SUM PAYABLE TO SUCH PERSONS”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2005/0110517806/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-social-security-inherited-serpsamendment-regulations-2005/regulation-2
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