Regulation 15 Amendments to Part J (special cases)

In rule J1 (guaranteed minimum pensions)^f1—

(a)

for paragraph (2)(b) substitute—

“(b)

in the case of a person who dies at any time and leaves a widow, a surviving same-sex spouse or surviving civil partner, that person is entitled to a pension of a weekly rate equal to half the deceased person’s guaranteed minimum, and”;

(b)

in paragraph (2), omit sub-paragraph (d) and the “and” preceding it;

(c)

in paragraph (4), for “, (c) or (d)” substitute “or (c)”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: Paragraph (2)(b) of rule J1 was amended by article 2 of, and paragraph 20(a) of Schedule 1 to, S.I. 2005/3228; paragraph (2)(d) was substituted by article 2 of, and paragraph 11 of the Schedule to, S.I. 2013/1392.