{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-2015/regulation-137",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-2015/regulation-137.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2015/445",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Pensions Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/137",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "137",
  "heading": "Entitlement to surviving adult's pension",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies in relation to a member who was at the date of death—\n(a) an active member of this scheme with at least 2 years' qualifying service;\n(b) a deferred member of this scheme; or\n(c) a pensioner member of this scheme.\n(2) The surviving adult of the member is entitled to payment for life of a surviving adult's pension as follows—\n(a) if the member was entitled to payment for life of a retirement earned pension at the date of the member's death, or would have become entitled to such a pension had the member not died, a surviving adult's earned pension;\n(b) if the member was entitled to payment for life of a lower tier ill-health pension at the date of the member's death, a surviving adult's lower tier ill-health pension;\n(c) if the member was entitled to payment for life of both a lower tier ill-health pension and an enhanced upper tier ill-health pension at the date of the member's death, a surviving adult's lower tier ill-health pension and a surviving adult's enhanced upper tier ill-health pension;\n(d) if the member was entitled to payment for life of a retirement added (all beneficiaries) pension at the date of the member's death or would have become entitled to such a pension had the member not died, a surviving adult's added pension.\n(3) The scheme manager may in its discretion withhold a surviving adult's pension that would otherwise be payable to a surviving spouse if the member and the surviving spouse were married less than 6 months before the member's death.\n(4) The scheme manager may in its discretion withhold a surviving adult's pension that would otherwise be payable to a surviving civil partner if the civil partnership was formed less than 6 months before the member's death.\n(5) Paragraphs (3) and (4) are subject to regulation 151 (guaranteed minimum pensions for surviving spouses and civil partners).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/445/regulation/137",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:45:30.636565+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."
}