{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-superannuation-scotland-amendment-regulations-1993/regulation-18",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-superannuation-scotland-amendment-regulations-1993/regulation-18.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1993/1593",
  "legislation_title": "The Local Government Superannuation (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 1993",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-superannuation-scotland-amendment-regulations-1993",
  "path": "regulation/18",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "18",
  "heading": "Payment of long-term pensions instead of short-term pensions",
  "text": "The principal Regulations are amended by inserting after regulation E9 the following regulation:\n“Payment of long-term pensions instead of short-term pensions\nE9A (1) Where, but for this regulation, a children’s short-term pension would be payable to or for the benefit of a child in the care of a parent to whom a widow’s or widower’s short-term pension would be payable (and for this purpose regulation E8(3) shall be disregarded), a children’s long-term pension and a widow’s or widower’s long-term pension shall be payable instead of these pensions if (having regard to regulation E8(3)) that would result in a greater aggregate pension.\n(2) Where but for this regulation, a children’s short-term pension would be payable to or for the benefit of a child who is not in the care of a parent to whom a widow’s or widower’s short-term pension is payable, a children’s long-term pension shall be payable instead if it would be greater.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1993/1593/regulation/18",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:54:50.492103+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."
}