{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-regulations-1997/regulation-47",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-regulations-1997/regulation-47.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/47",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "47",
  "heading": "Discretions as to payment of children’s pensions",
  "text": "(1) If a children’s pension is payable for more than one eligible child, the appropriate administering authority may apportion it amongst the children as they think fit.\n(2) The appropriate administering authority may pay the whole or part of a children’s pension to a person other than an eligible child, to be applied for the benefit of one or more eligible children as the authority direct.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "applied (with modifications)",
      "affecting": "uksi/2000/1410",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Government (Early Termination of Employment) (Discretionary Compensation)(England and Wales) Regulations 2000"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1612/regulation/47",
    "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."
}