# The Local Government Superannuation (Amendment) Regulations 1989, Regulation 3: Guaranteed minimum pension for certain pensionable employees and their widows or widowers


Regulation E1 of the principal Regulations is amended–
(a) by inserting at the end of the heading the words“or widowers”;
(b) in paragraph (3)(c) by substituting for the word“he” the words“the pensionable employee is a man and” and for the words“and leaves” the word“leaving”;
(c) after paragraph (3)(c) by inserting the following:
“(d) if the pensionable employee is a woman and dies at any time leaving a widower, unless he is entitled to a widower’s pension at a higher rate he is, during any such period as is prescribed under section 36(7A) of the Pensions Act, entitled to a pension at a weekly rate equal to half of that part of the pensionable employee’s guaranteed minimum which is attributable to earnings factors for the tax year beginning 6th April 1988 and subsequent tax years.”; and
(d) after paragraph (3) by inserting the following:
“(4) The guaranteed minimum pensions referred to in paragraph (3) shall, insofar as they are attributable to earnings factors in the tax years from (and including) 1988-89, be increased in accordance with the requirements of section 37A of the Pensions Act and to the extent of any orders made thereunder.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/371/regulation/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-superannuation-amendment-regulations-1989/regulation-3
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