# The Local Government Superannuation (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1993, Regulation 16: Entitlement to children’s short-term and long-term pensions


Regulation E8 of the principal Regulations is amended–
(a) by substituting for paragraph (1)(c) the following paragraph:–
“(c) was a pensionable employee,”;
(b) by inserting after paragraph (1)(c) the following paragraph:–
“or
(d) was in a local government employment and a transfer value from the trustees or managers of a personal pension scheme or a self-employed pension arrangement has been and remains credited to the appropriate superannuation fund in relation to him,”;
(c) in the latter part of paragraph (1), by substituting for the words “3 months” the words “6 months”;
(d) by substituting for paragraph (3) the following paragraph:–
“(3) No children’s short-term pension or long term pension is payable while–
(a) a widow’s short-term pension is payable under regulation E5(1);
(b) a widower’s short-term pension is payable under regulation E5(1), unless the rate of the children’s short-term pension would be greater than that of the widower’s short-term pension; or
(c) a widow’s special short-term pension is payable under E7(1),
unless the child is not in the care of the widow, in which case the children’s short-term pension is payable for 3 months after the death and then a children’s long-term pension is payable.”;
(e) by inserting after paragraph (4) the following paragraph:–
“(4A) Where the person who dies is a woman (other than one to whom paragraph (1)(a) of regulation E12 applies or in respect of whom an election under paragraph (1)(b) or (2) of that regulation has effect), this regulation shall only apply if her death occurs on or after 6th April 1988.”; and
(f) by deleting paragraphs (5) and (6).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/1593/regulation/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-superannuation-scotland-amendment-regulations-1993/regulation-16
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