# The Judicial Pensions (Widowers' and Children’s Benefits) Regulations 1991, Regulation 13: periodical payments


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(1) Periodical payments made by an office-holder shall (subject to paragraph (2) below) be refunded, with compound interest added at a rate of 4 per cent. a year, by the responsible authority to her (or, if she has died, to her personal representatives)–
(a) if her service proves to have been insufficient to earn any widower’s pension;
(b) if and insofar as the payments exceed those required to avoid any deficiency in her contribution being made up by a reduction in her lump sum; or
(c) in the circumstances mentioned in regulation 12(3).
(2) The responsible authority shall, in making any refund in pursuance of this regulation, deduct the appropriate amount in respect of tax charged under section 598 of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/2731/regulation/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-widowers-and-childrens-benefits-regulations-1991/regulation-13
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