# The Judicial Pensions (Requisite Benefits) Order 1987, Article 7: Widow’s benefits


(1) As from the death of an office-holder (whether before or after attaining pensionable age) his widow shall be entitled for the purposes of this Order to a pension under a scheme.
(2) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4) below, the annual rate of the widow’s pension under paragraph (1) shall be ⅝ per cent of the final salary (or last salary before death) of the office-holder multiplied by the number of years of relevant service completed by him before he attained pensionable age.
(3) Paragraph (2) above shall apply for any such period as is mentioned in section 36(6) of the Act.
(4) Paragraph (2) above shall not apply in relation to an office-holder who dies after ceasing to hold office and who has completed less than five years' qualifying service for the purposes of Schedule 16 to the Act of 1973 (preservation).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/373/article/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-requisite-benefits-order-1987/article-7
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