{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-miscellaneous-offices-requisite-benefits-order-1978/article-12",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-miscellaneous-offices-requisite-benefits-order-1978/article-12.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1978/552",
  "legislation_title": "The Pensions (Miscellaneous Offices) (Requisite Benefits) Order 1978",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-miscellaneous-offices-requisite-benefits-order-1978",
  "path": "article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Marriage shortly before death",
  "text": "Where the marriage of a woman to an office holder takes place after he has ceased to hold office and not more than six months before his death, any pension to be paid to her as his widow by virtue of this Order shall be limited to her guaranteed minimum pension.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1978/552/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T19:36:43.450801+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."
}