Regulation 12 Provision relating to increase of retirement pension where pensioner's deceased spouse or deceased civil partner had deferred retirementF5

For the purpose of calculating entitlement to an increase of retirement pension under paragraph 4 of Schedule 1 to the Pensions Act (increase of Category A or Category B retirement pension by amount to which deceased spouse F1or deceased civil partner was entitled) in the case of a person whose spouse dies on or after 6th April 1979 F2or whose civil partner dies on or after 5th December 2005, or, in the case of a widow, who attains pensionable age on or after F36th April 1979, any pre-1975 increment or post-1975 increment to which the deceased spouse or deceased civil partner was entitled or F4would at his death have been entitled if his entitlement had not been deferred shall be treated as an increase to which he was entitled under the said Schedule.