{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-superannuation-scotland-amendment-no4-regulations-1997/regulation-17",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-superannuation-scotland-amendment-no4-regulations-1997/regulation-17.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/17",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "17",
  "heading": "Death gratuity",
  "text": "In regulation E11–\n(a) in paragraph (1) for the words “his executors are entitled to receive a lump sum death gratuity” there shall be substituted the words “there shall be paid a lump sum death gratuity in accordance with regulation E11ZA”; and\n(b) for paragraph (4) there shall be substituted–\n“(4) Where paragraph 1(a) applies the amount of the death gratuity is the greater of–\n(a) twice the deceased’s pensionable remuneration; or\n(b) three eightieths of his pensionable remuneration multiplied by the length in years of his reckonable service\nless, in a case where a surviving spouse’s long-term pension is payable under regulation E5, the appropriate amount to be deducted under paragraph (9).”.",
  "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/17",
    "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."
}