Paragraph 14
For regulation E9 substitute:
“E9(1)Subject to paragraphs (2) and (3), the annual rate of a children's pension payable under regulation E8(1) is where— A is the annual rate of the widow's pension to which a widow became or, as the case may be, would have become if the deceased person had been a man and had left a widow, entitled under regulation E5(1), andB is the fraction specified in column 2 or, as the case may be, column 3 of the Table below in relation to the number of eligible children.
TABLE
Fraction of widow's pension 1. 2. 3. Number of eligible children Where widow's pension payable Where widow's pension not payable 1 ¼ ½ 2 ½ ¾ 3 ¾ 1/1 4 or more 1/1 1/1 (2)Where—
(a)a widow's pension is payable, but
(b)the widow is not, and some other person is, responsible for one or more of the eligible children,
the appropriate administering authority may substitute the fraction in column 3 of the Table for the fraction in column 2 and may apportion the pension suitably as between the eligible children.
(3)The rate of a children's pension payable under regulation E8(1) is not in any case to be less than the rate that would have been payable in accordance with paragraph (4) if the pension had been one payable under regulation E8(2).
(4)Subject to paragraph (5), the annual rate of a children's pension payable under regulation E8(2) is the rate specified in column 2 or, as the case may be, column 3 of the Table below in relation to the number of eligible children.
TABLE
1. 2. 3. Number of eligible children Rate where widow's pension payable Rate where widow's pension not payable £ £ 1 90 130 2 165 250 3 240 370 4 or more 315 490 (5)Where—
(a)a widow's pension is payable, but
(b)the widow is not, and some other person is, responsible for one or more of the eligible children,
the appropriate administering authority may substitute the rate in column 3 of the Table for the rate in column 2 and may apportion the pension suitably as between the eligible children.”.