# The Local Government Pension Scheme (Transitional Provisions) (Scotland) Regulations 2008, Regulation 7: Survivor benefits

Extent: S
Status: prospective

(1) Subject to paragraph (2), 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 the membership, whether accrued before or after 1st April 2009.
(2) The survivor benefits payable in respect of a deferred member to whom regulation 4 does not apply are calculated as if the total membership before 1st April 2009 was a separate period of membership to which the conditions in force at the time the person became a deferred member apply.
(3) Regulation 41 of the 1998 Regulations continues to apply to a deferred or pensioner member who marries or enters into a civil partnership after becoming such a member.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2008/229/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-transitional-provisions-scotland-regulations-2008/regulation-7
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