# The Local Government Superannuation (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1989, Regulation 15: Entitlement to widow’s short-term and long-term pensions


In regulation E5 of the principal Regulations—
(a) in paragraph (1)(c)(i), for the words “5 years”, there shall be substituted the words “2 years”;
(b) in paragraph (1), for the words “paragraphs (3) to (5)”, there shall be substituted the words “paragraphs (1A) and (3) to (5)”; and
(c) after paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following:—
“(1A) Where paragraph (1)(c)(i) applies and the total of the man’s reckonable service and any qualifying service when added together amounted to less than 5 years, his widow is, or as the case may be his widows are jointly, entitled to a widow’s special short-term pension under regulation E7 and not to a widow’s short-term pension under regulation E6(1).
(1B) Where paragraph (1A) applies, a widow’s long-term pension shall not be payable until payment of the widow’s special short-term pension ceases.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/802/regulation/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-superannuation-scotland-amendment-regulations-1989/regulation-15
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