{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-superannuation-scheme-scotland-regulations-2011/regulation-R9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-superannuation-scheme-scotland-regulations-2011/regulation-R9.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2011/117",
  "legislation_title": "The National Health Service Superannuation Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2011",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-superannuation-scheme-scotland-regulations-2011",
  "path": "regulation/R9",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "R9",
  "heading": "Polygamous marriages",
  "text": "(1) If a member dies and at the date of death the member was married to a spouse or spouses under a law which permits polygamy, any benefits payable to a widow or widower will be payable in equal shares to the member's widow or widower, if any, and any other spouse or spouses.\n(2) The shares will be calculated as at the date the member dies.\n(3) Where the death of one or more spouse occurs the pension will be paid in full to the surviving spouse or divided between the surviving spouses in equal shares.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2011/117/regulation/R9",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:50:42.438254+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."
}