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Paragraph 11

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For regulation E6 substitute:

“E6
(1)

The annual rate of a widow's pension under regulation E5(1) is £175 or, if greater—

(a)

where regulation E5(1)(a) applies, one half of the annual rate of the retirement pension to which her husband would have been entitled if on the date of his death he had ceased to be employed and regulation E2(1)(b)(i) had applied to him, or

(b)

where regulation E5(1)(b) or (c) applies, one half of the annual rate of the retirement pension to which her husband was entitled at the time of his death.

(2)

In determining the rate of a retirement pension for the purposes of paragraph (1)(a) or (b) any commutation under regulation E3(3) is to be ignored.

(3)

The annual rate of a widow's pension under regulation E5(2) is the rate specified in column 2 of the Table below in relation to the number of complete years her husband was entitled to reckon as reckonable service.

TABLE

12.
Complete years of reckonable serviceAnnual rate of pension
£
Less than 151
163
275
387
499
5111
6123
7135
8147
9159

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