Regulation 91 Reduction in pensions in cases of wide age disparityI1

England and Wales

(1)

This regulation applies if, on the death of a member of this scheme, a surviving partner’s pension is payable to a person who is more than 12 years younger than the member.

(2)

The annual rate of that pension is reduced by the lower of—

(a)

50% of the amount of the annual rate of the pension so calculated; or

(b)

$2.5 \times (N - 12) %$ of that amount,

where N is the number of whole years by which the surviving partner is younger than the member.

Annotations

Commencement

I1: Reg. 91 in force at 1.4.2015, see reg. 1(2)