{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-modification-of-schemes-regulations-1996/regulation-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-modification-of-schemes-regulations-1996/regulation-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1996/2517",
  "legislation_title": "The Occupational Pension Schemes (Modification of Schemes) Regulations 1996",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/occupational-pension-schemes-modification-of-schemes-regulations-1996",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Extension of the meaning of “member”",
  "text": "In a case where a member (as defined in section 124(1) of the 1995 Act) has died, the meaning of “member” shall, for the purposes of section 67 of the 1995 Act and these Regulations, be extended to include the widow or widower or, in the case where there is no widow or widower, any other person who has an entitlement to a payment under the scheme in respect of the deceased member.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2005/2877",
      "affecting_title": "The Civil Partnership (Pensions, Social Security and Child Support) (Consequential, etc. Provisions) Order 2005"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1996/2517/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T12:34:42.702222+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."
}