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Article 12

United Kingdom

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The divorced spouse of a staff member or a former staff member shall be entitled to a survivor's pension, as defined in this Chapter, provided that, on the death of the former spouse, he/she can justify entitlement on his/her own account to receive maintenance from him by virtue of a court order or as a result of an officially registered settlement in force between himself/herself and his/her former spouse.

The survivor's pension may not, however, exceed the amount of maintenance paid at the time of death of the former spouse, the amount having been adjusted in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 85.

The divorced spouse's entitlement shall cease if he or she remarries before the former spouse dies. Article 11 of this Annex shall apply in the event of remarriage after the death of the former spouse.