{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-pensions-amendment-no-2-regulations-2002/regulation-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-pensions-amendment-no-2-regulations-2002/regulation-3.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2002/1887",
  "legislation_title": "The Parliamentary Pensions (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2002",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/parliamentary-pensions-amendment-no-2-regulations-2002",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Pensions for children",
  "text": "For sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 7 in Schedule 5 to the Principal Regulations there shall be substituted—\n“(2) Notwithstanding sub-paragraph (1) above, the Trustees may direct that the adopted child shall be treated as a relevant child if they are satisfied that the deceased and his or her husband or wife before the termination of their marriage already formed the intention of adopting the child and the child was at the time of the deceased’s death wholly or mainly dependant on the deceased.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2002/1887/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T06:52:21.508350+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."
}