# The Police Pensions Regulations 1987, Paragraph 1


(1) Subject to paragraphs 2 and 3, the annual amount of a widow’s accrued pension shall equal a half of her husband’s deferred pension.
(2) For the purposes of sub-paragraph (1), the husband’s deferred pension shall be calculated without regard to—
(a) the restrictions on payments contained in Regulation B5(4), and
(b) the provisions for the reduction of a pension contained in Regulation B7(7) and (8)(b) (commutation), in Regulation B9(7) (allocation) and in Parts VII and VIII of Schedule B (reductions at state pensionable age and related to up-rating of widow’s pension),
and, where the pension has been commuted for a lump sum under Regulation B8 (commutation of small pensions), as if it had not been so commuted.
Where the husband died before 1st April 1987, any reference in this sub-paragraph to a provision of these Regulations shall be construed as including a reference to the corresponding provision of the former Regulations.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/257/schedule/C/part/III/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-1987/schedule-C/part-III/paragraph-1
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