SCHEDULE 1Scottish Parliamentary Pension Scheme
Part JSurviving partners and children
Chapter 2Partner's pension etc.
Duration of partner's pension
60
1
A partner's pension is payable from the day after the day on which the deceased partner died.
2
Pension payments need not begin unless the individual entitled to them has given the Fund trustees—
a
notice of that entitlement, and
b
such information as they may reasonably require—
i
about the surviving partner's entitlement to any other pension,
ii
to calculate their liability for a lifetime allowance charge or any other tax,
iii
to make the payments.
This rule does not affect the date from which a partner's pension is payable.
3
Pension payments are to continue for the rest of the surviving partner's life.
4
Pension payments are to be made monthly in arrears (or in such other instalments of no longer than one year as the Fund trustees may determine).