SCHEDULES

F1FOURTH SCHEDULEWIDOWERS' PENSIONS: TRANSITIONAL PROVISIONS

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3Members retiring between 7th December 1989 and commencement date

1

A member who retires—

a

on or after 7th December 1989; but

b

before the commencement date,

may, before the end of the period of six months beginning with the commencement date, opt for her husband to be entitled to a widower's pension on her death.

2

Regulations may make provision as to—

a

the manner and form in which an option under this paragraph is to be exercised;

b

the payment, by any member exercising such an option, of a contribution towards the cost of liability for the widower's pension; and

c

the annual value of a widower's pension granted as a result of the exercise of the option given by this paragraph.

3

Regulations for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)—

a

may be made, with the concurrence of the Treasury, by the Lord Chancellor; and

b

shall be subject to annulment in like manner as a statutory instrument and section 5 of the Statutory Instruments Act 1946 shall apply accordingly.