{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-act-1981/schedule-1/paragraph-11",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/20",
  "legislation_title": "Judicial Pensions Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-act-1981",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/11",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A derivative pension for the benefit of the spouse of a retiring officer shall, according as the retiring officer may, in conformity with rules under paragraph 10 above, elect, be payable either—\n(a) in respect of the period, if any, for which the spouse survives the retiring officer, or\n(b) in respect both of the period of their joint lives (from the date of retirement) and of the period, if any, for which the spouse survives the retiring officer,\nand the rules may provide for the pension under paragraph (b) above to be at one rate during the joint lives, and at a higher rate thereafter.\n(2) A derivative pension for the benefit of a dependant (not being the spouse) of a retiring officer shall be payable for the period, if any, for which the dependant survives the retiring officer.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2026/723",
      "affecting_title": "The Senior Courts (Transfer, Amendment and Consequential Provision) Order 2026"
    }
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/20/schedule/1/paragraph/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:14:16.188680+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."
}