{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-act-1981/schedule-2/paragraph-27",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-act-1981/schedule-2/paragraph-27.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1981/20",
  "legislation_title": "Judicial Pensions Act 1981",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-act-1981",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/27",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "27",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) No widower’s pension shall be payable in respect of a member who—\n(a) holds judicial office on or before the commencement date; and\n(b) continues to do so after that date,\nunless, before the end of the period of six months beginning with that date, she opts for her husband to be entitled to a widower’s pension on her death.\n(2) A member exercising such an option shall specify whether the annual value of the widower’s pension is to be calculated—\n(a) under sub-paragraph (3); or\n(b) on the assumption that all her relevant service fell after the commencement date.\n(3) Where the annual value of a widower’s pension falls to be calculated under this sub-paragraph its value shall be determined by applying the formula—\nWP1xWP2xRS1RS2\nwhere-\nWP1 is the annual value of the widower’s pension,\nWP2 is the annual value of the widower’s pension that would be payable on the assumption mentioned in sub-paragraph (2)(b),\nRS1 is the length of the member’s relevant service after the commencement date, and\nRS2 is the whole of her relevant service.\n(4) No period of service during which an election under section 14A is in force in respect of the member concerned shall be taken into account for the purposes of any calculation under sub-paragraph (3).\n(5) For the purposes of this paragraph there shall be left out of account so much (if any) of the relevant service before the commencement date as does not add to the amount of the personal pension and accordingly this paragraph shall not apply if none of the relevant service before that date adds to the amount of the personal pension.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 2 Pt. IV (paras. 24-28) inserted (E.W.S.) (1.1.1992) by Courts and Legal Services Act 1990 (c. 41, SIF 67: 1), s. 79(2), Sch. 12; S.I. 1991/2730, art. 2, Sch."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1981/20/schedule/2/paragraph/27",
    "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."
}