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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-amendment-increased-pension-entitlement-scotland-regulations-2009/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2009/186",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme Amendment (Increased Pension Entitlement) (Scotland) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-amendment-increased-pension-entitlement-scotland-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Local Government Pension Scheme",
  "text": "For regulation 39(5) (surviving spouse’s or civil partner’s short term pension), substitute–\n“(5) Where the deceased was a pensioner member, the short-term pension is equal to–\n(a) his retirement pension (but see regulation 41); and\n(b) where he was entitled to an Increased Pension Entitlement, his Increased Pension Entitlement,\nimmediately before the death.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/186/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T22:01:29.368914+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."
}