{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-2014/schedule-3/paragraph-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-2014/schedule-3/paragraph-2.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2014/19",
  "legislation_title": "Pensions Act 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-act-2014",
  "path": "schedule/3/paragraph/2",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) A pensioner whose spouse or civil partner has died is entitled to an inherited amount under this paragraph if—\n(a) the marriage took place or the civil partnership was formed before 6 April 2016,\n(b) the spouse or civil partner died before 6 April 2016,\n(c) the pensioner was under pensionable age when the spouse or civil partner died, and\n(d) the pensioner would, on reaching pensionable age, have been entitled to a Category B retirement pension under section 48B(4) or (4A) or 48BB of the Contributions and Benefits Act if the words “before 6 April 2016” were omitted.\n(2) The inherited amount is equal to the weekly rate at which that Category B retirement pension would have been payable on the day on which the pensioner reached pensionable age if any element of the rate attributable to the basic pension were ignored.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Sch. 3 para. 2 in force at 6.4.2016, see s. 56(1)(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2014/19/schedule/3/paragraph/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:07:37.828516+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."
}