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Paragraph 1 I1

Northern Ireland

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(1)

Where the surviving spouse or civil partner would otherwise have been entitled to an ordinary pension under article 25 the amount of the pension under article 27 shall, subject to sub-paragraph (2), be calculated in accordance with paragraph 1 of Part I in the same way as that of an ordinary pension.

(2)

For the purposes of this paragraph, paragraph 1 of Part I has effect as if the reference in sub-paragraph (1)(a) to the base pension were a reference to the appropriate proportion of the base pension.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Sch. 3 Pt. 3 para. 1 in operation at 1.4.2006, see art. 1(2)