{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998-transitory-and-transitional-provisions-scottish-parliamentary-pension-scheme-order-1999/article-M6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998-transitory-and-transitional-provisions-scottish-parliamentary-pension-scheme-order-1999/article-M6.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1999/1082",
  "legislation_title": "The Scotland Act 1998 (Transitory and Transitional Provisions) (Scottish Parliamentary Pension Scheme) Order 1999",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/scotland-act-1998-transitory-and-transitional-provisions-scottish-parliamentary-pension-scheme-order-1999",
  "path": "article/M6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "M6",
  "heading": "Early termination of child’s period of full-time education or training",
  "text": "(1) If–\n(a) a sum has been paid to the executors of the surviving spouse of a deceased pensioner member under article M2(4) or to the executors of a deceased pensioner member under article M3(2); and\n(b) the period of full-time education or training of any eligible child of the deceased pensioner member has come to end on a date earlier than the pensioner member’s children’s prospective pension end date for that child used in the calculation of that sum,\nthe Parliamentary corporation may pay a further sum to the said executors calculated by deducting the amount mentioned in sub-paragraph (ii) below from the amount mentioned in sub-paragraph (i) below–\n(i) the total of any pensions which would have been payable for the benefit of that child if the payments had continued until his pensioner member’s children’s prospective pension end date;\n(ii) the total of the pensions which have been paid for his benefit.\n(2) In paragraph (1) “the period of full-time education or training” in respect of an eligible child means the period during which he is continuously engaged in full-time education or in training for any trade, profession or vocation.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1999/1082/article/M6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:50:54.717733+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."
}