{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-superannuation-scotland-amendment-no4-regulations-1997/regulation-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-superannuation-scotland-amendment-no4-regulations-1997/regulation-16.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1997/3048",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Superannuation (Scotland) Amendment (No.4) Regulations 1997",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-superannuation-scotland-amendment-no4-regulations-1997",
  "path": "regulation/16",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "16",
  "heading": "Amounts of children’s short-term and long-term pensions",
  "text": "In regulation E9(3) for paragraphs (a) to (e) there shall be substituted–\n“(a) if there is one eligible child and a surviving spouse’s pension under regulation E5 is for the time being payable, one quarter of the deceased person’s retirement pension;\n(b) if there is one eligible child and no such surviving spouse’s pension is payable, one third of the retirement pension;\n(c) if there are two or more eligible children and a surviving spouse’s pension under regulation E5 is for the time being payable, one half of the retirement pension; and\n(d) if there are two or more eligible children and no such surviving spouse’s pension is payable, two thirds of the retirement pension.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/3048/regulation/16",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:40:01.008219+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."
}