# The Local Government Pension Scheme (Transitional Provisions) Regulations 2008, Regulation 6: Survivor benefits

Extent: E+W+S
Status: prospective

(1) Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), any survivor benefits payable in respect of a person to whom regulation 3 or 4 applies are calculated as if the Benefits Regulations applied to all of his membership, whether accrued before or after 1st April 2008.
(2) The survivor benefits payable in respect of a deferred member to whom regulation 4 does not apply are calculated as if his total membership before 1st April 2008 was a separate period of membership to which the conditions in force at the time he became a deferred member apply.
(3) Regulation 42 of the 1997 Regulations continues to apply to a deferred or pensioner member who marries after becoming such a member.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/238/regulation/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-transitional-provisions-regulations-2008/regulation-6
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