# The Public Service (Civil Servants and Others) Pensions Regulations 2014, Regulation 111: Reduction in pensions in cases of wide age disparity

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) This regulation applies if, on the death of a member of this scheme, a surviving adult’s pension is payable to a person (“the dependant”) who is more than 12 years younger than the member.
(2) The annual rate of the surviving adult’s pension is reduced by the lower of—
(a) 50% of the amount of the annual rate of the pension calculated under regulation 108, 109 or 110, as applicable; and
(b) 2.5 x (N –12)% of the amount of the annual rate of the pension so calculated,
where N is the number of whole years by which the dependant is younger than the member.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/1964/regulation/111 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/public-service-civil-servants-and-others-pensions-regulations-2014/regulation-111
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