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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-1987/schedule-E/paragraph-4",
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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/E/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Where in respect of any week the aggregate amount of—\n(a) any widow’s special pension, and\n(b) any child’s special allowance,\npayable in respect of the deceased’s death equals or exceeds the amount of the deceased’s average pensionable pay for a week, no dependent relative’s special pension shall be payable in respect of that week.\n(2) Where in respect of any week the aggregate amount of—\n(a) any widow’s special pension,\n(b) any child’s special allowance, and\n(c) any dependent relative’s special pension,\npayable in respect of the deceased’s death would exceed the amount of the deceased’s average pensionable pay for a week, the dependent relative’s pension shall be reduced by such factor as will ensure that the said aggregate does not exceed the said amount.\n(3) For the purposes of this paragraph any increase in a pension or allowance in accordance with Regulation E9 (increase by reference to the Pensions (Increase) Acts) shall be ignored.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
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      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2006/740",
      "affecting_title": "The Police Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2006"
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      "type": "words inserted",
      "affecting": "uksi/2006/740",
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      "affecting_title": "The Police Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2006"
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    {
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      "affecting": "ssi/2006/285",
      "affecting_title": "The Police Pensions Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2006"
    },
    {
      "type": "words inserted",
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      "affecting_title": "The Police Pensions Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2006"
    },
    {
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      "affecting": "ssi/2006/285",
      "affecting_title": "The Police Pensions Amendment (Scotland) Regulations 2006"
    },
    {
      "type": "revoked",
      "affecting": "ssi/2007/68",
      "affecting_title": "The Police (Injury Benefit) (Scotland) Regulations 2007"
    }
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1987/257/schedule/E/paragraph/4",
    "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."
}