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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-1987/schedule-J/part-II/crossheading-widows-ordinary-pension/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/J/part/II/crossheading/widows-ordinary-pension/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Pre-1972 pensionable service up-rated to third but not to half rate",
  "text": "(1) This paragraph shall apply in the case of such a widow as is mentioned in paragraph 2 where—\n(a) paragraph 3 does not apply, and\n(b) neither her husband nor the widow exercised any right of election accorded by Regulation 58(3), 59(3), 60(3), or 61(3) of the Regulations of 1973,\nand, in such a case, Part I of Schedule C (“Part I”) shall have effect as if for sub-paragraph (1) of paragraph 1 thereof there were substituted the like provision as is made by the following sub-paragraph.\n(2) Where this paragraph applies, the annual amount of the widow’s ordinary pension shall, subject to paragraphs 2 and 3 of Part I, be the aggregate of—\n(a) an amount equal to a third of the annual amount of the pension or notional pension mentioned in sub-paragraph (2) of paragraph 1 of Part I, and\n(b) a sixth of the amount specified in paragraph 5(1) of this Part,\nexcept that, where the husband died otherwise than while in receipt of an ordinary or short service pension and the said aggregate is less than a half of the amount specified in paragraph 5(2) of this Part, the annual amount of the widow’s ordinary pension shall equal a half of the amount so specified:\nProvided that the annual amount of the widow’s ordinary pension shall not be less than it would have been had it fallen to be calculated in accordance with Part V of Schedule C in like manner as a widow’s requisite benefit pension.",
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  "version": "current",
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T16:32:23.021534+00:00"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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