{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-compensation-regulations-1948/schedule/paragraph-16",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1948/1458",
  "legislation_title": "Local Government (Compensation) Regulations 1948",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-compensation-regulations-1948",
  "path": "schedule/paragraph/16",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) If the claimant was a person in respect of whose service a death benefit might have become payable to his legal personal representatives under the pension scheme to which he was last subject before losing his employment, then, if he so desires, and informs the compensating authority by notice in writing accordingly when making his claim, he may surrender so much of any annual sum which may become payable to him as compensation under paragraph 11 or 12 of this schedule as represents the annual value of the contingent right in respect of the said benefit, in consideration of the payment by the compensating authority to his legal personal representatives—\n(a) if he dies before attaining normal retiring age, and without having given a notice pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 11 of this schedule, of a sum equal to the amount of any death benefit which would have becomes payable in accordance with the method of calculation, as modified by the next succeeding paragraph, prescribed by the pensions scheme to which he was last subject before losing his employment, had he died immediately before the date on which he lost his employment and complied with any requirement of the said scheme as to a minimum period of qualifying service; or\n(b) if he dies on or after attaining normal retiring age or after giving a notice pursuant to the provisions of paragraph 11 of this schedule, of a sum equal to the amount of any such death benefit as aforesaid, less a sum equal to the aggregate amount of any payments made to him by way of compensation under paragraph 11 or 12 of this schedule.\n(2) In the calculation of the amount of the sum payable under the preceding sub-paragraph, account shall be taken of any additional years of service or additional contributions credited to the claimant under paragraph 19 of this schedule:\nProvided that no account shall be taken of any number of such additional years of service or contributions beyond the number of years which the claimant could have served before his death had he not lost his employment.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1948/1458/schedule/paragraph/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T02:49:13.889294+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."
}