{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-2004/schedule-7/paragraph-25D",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-2004/schedule-7/paragraph-25D.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2004/35",
  "legislation_title": "Pensions Act 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-2004",
  "path": "schedule/7/paragraph/25D",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "25D",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Board must determine an application for a terminal illness lump sum in accordance with this paragraph.\n(2) The Board must—\n(a) if satisfied that the conditions in paragraph 25B(1) are met in relation to the applicant, grant the application;\n(b) in any other case (subject to sub-paragraph (3)), reject the application.\n(3) The Board may hold over the application for determination at a later date if it is satisfied that—\n(a) although the condition in paragraph 25B(1)(a) is not met in relation to the applicant, the applicant suffers from a progressive disease and may become terminally ill within six months, and\n(b) the conditions in paragraph 25B(1)(b) to (d) are met in relation to the applicant.",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 7 paras. 25B-25F and cross-headings inserted (1.4.2009 for specified purposes) by Pensions Act 2008 (c. 30), s. 149(1), Sch. 8 para. 14; S.I. 2009/809, art. 2(1)(b)(iii)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/2008/30",
      "affecting_title": "Pensions Act 2008"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2004/35/schedule/7/paragraph/25D",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:16:45.114281+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."
}