{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/edinburgh-merchant-company-order-confirmation-1996/schedule/paragraph-80",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/edinburgh-merchant-company-order-confirmation-1996/schedule/paragraph-80.json",
  "legislation": "ukla/1996/11",
  "legislation_title": "Edinburgh Merchant Company Order Confirmation 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/edinburgh-merchant-company-order-confirmation-1996",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/80",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "80",
  "heading": "Payment of annuities to widows",
  "text": "(1) There shall be paid out of the widows' fund to every existing widow who is entitled to an annuity, and to the widow of every contributor who, at the time of his death, may have an interest in the widows' fund and be entitled to the benefit thereof for his widow, such annuity as may from time to time be fixed by the contributors in pursuance of the provisions of this Order.\n(2) The said annuities shall be paid at the terms of Whitsunday and Martinmas in equal portions.\n(3) In the case of any annuity accruing to a widow after the commencement of this Order payment shall be made, at the first term of Whitsunday or Martinmas after her husband’s death, of the proportion of the annuity corresponding to the time from the death of the husband to the first date of payment.\n(4) The annuity of every widow entitled to an annuity shall continue to be paid during all her life, whether she remains a widow or marries again, and such proportion of the annuity as may be due at her death shall be paid to her legal representatives.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukla/1996/11/schedule/paragraph/80",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:45:48.524510+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."
}