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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-scotland-regulations-1998/regulation-42",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1998/366",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 1998",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-scotland-regulations-1998",
  "path": "regulation/42",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "42",
  "heading": "Surviving spouse’s guaranteed minimum pension",
  "text": "(1) If paragraph (2) applies, the pension to which a person is entitled under regulation 39 or 40 must be not less than the surviving spouse’s guaranteed minimum.\n(2) This paragraph 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 48 (commutation: small pensions);\n(b) regulation 111 (forfeiture); and\n(c) regulation 112 (interim payments directions).",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": "prospective",
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 42 in force at 1.4.1998, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "coming into force",
      "affecting": "uksi/1998/366",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Government Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 1998"
    },
    {
      "type": "am (heading am)",
      "affecting": "ssi/2005/554",
      "affecting_title": "The Local Government Pensions Etc. (Civil Partnership) (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2005"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1998/366/regulation/42",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:37:18.437535+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."
}