{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-regulations-1997/regulation-43",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-regulations-1997/regulation-43.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/1612",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/43",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "43",
  "heading": "Surviving spouse’s guaranteed minimum pension",
  "text": "(1) If the GMP rule applies, the pension to which a person is entitled under regulation 40 or 41 must be not less than the surviving spouse’s guaranteed minimum.\n(2) The GMP rule applies if—\n(a) the employment in which the deceased was a member was contracted-out employment; and\n(b) he had a guaranteed minimum in relation to benefits under these Regulations.\n(3) Paragraph (1) overrides any contrary provision in these Regulations except—\n(a) regulation 49 (commutation of small pensions);\n(b) regulation 111 (forfeiture); and\n(c) regulation 112 (interim payments directions).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "applied",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/1410",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Government (Early Termination of Employment) (Discretionary Compensation)(England and Wales) Regulations 2000"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/3069",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme (Civil Partnership) (Amendment) (England and Wales) Regulations 2005"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1612/regulation/43",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:06:30.691853+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."
}