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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-1987/schedule-D/part-II/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1987/257",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Pensions Regulations 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-1987",
  "path": "schedule/D/part/II/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Where one of the child’s parents is alive, the child’s special allowance in respect of the death of a member of a police force (“the relevant parent”) shall, subject to paragraph 3, be determined in accordance with this paragraph.\n(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), an allowance determined in accordance herewith shall be of an amount equal to 10% of the average pensionable pay for a week of the relevant parent.\n(3) Where 5 or more children’s special allowances are payable in respect of the death of the same person, an allowance determined in accordance herewith shall be of an amount equal to 40% of the average pensionable pay for a week of the relevant parent divided by the total number of allowances so payable.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2012/2811",
      "affecting_title": "The Police Pensions (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2012"
    },
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2012/2811",
      "affecting_title": "The Police Pensions (Amendment No. 2) Regulations 2012"
    },
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "ssi/2007/68",
      "affecting_title": "The Police (Injury Benefit) (Scotland) Regulations 2007"
    }
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/257/schedule/D/part/II/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:32:23.021534+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."
}