{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-act-1981/schedule-2/paragraph-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-act-1981/schedule-2/paragraph-21.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/20",
  "legislation_title": "Judicial Pensions Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-act-1981",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/21",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 22 for subsections (2) and (3) substitute—\n“(2) Where the deceased leaves no widow and, if he leaves a widow, after her death, the annual amount of a children’s pension—\n(a) while the persons for whose benefit it can enure are three or more in number, may amount to one-third of the annual amount of the personal pension;\n(b) while the said persons are two in number, may amount to one-quarter of the annual amount of the personal pension;\n(c) while there is only one such person, may amount to one-sixth of the annual amount of the personal pension.\n(3) Subject to the provisions of the next succeeding subsection where the deceased leaves a widow, the annual amount of a children’s pension during her life—\n(a) while the persons for whose benefit it can enure are four or more in number, may amount to one-third of the annual amount of the personal pension;\n(b) while the said persons are three in number, may amount to one-quarter of the annual amount of the personal pension;\n(c) while the said persons are two in number, may amount to one-sixth of the annual amount of the personal pension;\n(d) while there is only one such pension, may amount to one-twelfth of the annual amount of the personal pension.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/20/schedule/2/paragraph/21",
    "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."
}