# The National Health Service (Superannuation) Amendment Regulations 1989, Regulation 13: Amendment of regulation 20 of the principal Regulations


Regulation 20 of the principal Regulations (entitlement to guaranteed minimum pension) is amended as follows–
(a) there is inserted at the beginning of paragraph (1)(b) the words “in the case of a male officer,”;
(b) at the end of paragraph (1)(b) there is inserted the word “and” and there is added the following new sub-paragraph–
“(c) in the case of a female officer, if she dies on or after 6th April 1989 and leaves a widower, he shall be entitled to receive payment of a widower’s pension payable in the circumstances prescribed and for the period prescribed under section 36(7A) of the Pensions Act, the weekly rate of which shall not be less than one half of that part of her guaranteed minimum which is attributable to earnings factors for the tax year 1988–89 and subsequent tax years.”;
(c) after paragraph (1) there is added–
“(1A) The guaranteed minimum pensions referred to in paragraph (1) shall, insofar as they are attributable to earnings factors for the tax year 1988–1989 and subsequent tax years, be increased in accordance with any orders made under section 37A of the Pensions Act.
(1B) For the avoidance of doubt, paragraph (1) shall override any other provisions of these Regulations which are inconsistent with it.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/804/regulation/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-superannuation-amendment-regulations-1989/regulation-13
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