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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-act-northern-ireland-1951/schedule-FOURTH/paragraph-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-act-northern-ireland-1951/schedule-FOURTH/paragraph-3.json",
  "legislation": "apni/1951/20",
  "legislation_title": "Judicial Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 1951",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-act-northern-ireland-1951",
  "path": "schedule/FOURTH/paragraph/3",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Members retiring between 7th December 1989 and commencement date",
  "text": "(1) A member who retires—\n(a) on or after 7th December 1989; but\n(b) before the commencement date,\nmay, before the end of the period of six months beginning with the commencement date, opt for her husband to be entitled to a widower's pension on her death.\n(2) Regulations may make provision as to—\n(a) the manner and form in which an option under this paragraph is to be exercised;\n(b) the payment, by any member exercising such an option, of a contribution towards the cost of liability for the widower's pension; and\n(c) the annual value of a widower's pension granted as a result of the exercise of the option given by this paragraph.\n(3) Regulations for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)—\n(a) may be made, with the concurrence of the Treasury, by the Lord Chancellor; and\n(b) shall be subject to annulment in like manner as a statutory instrument and section 5 of the Statutory Instruments Act 1946 shall apply accordingly.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "1991 NI 24"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/apni/1951/20/schedule/FOURTH/paragraph/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T21:33:53.099794+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."
}