Amendment of the Principal Regulations
15. At the end of regulation 41(4) (survivor benefits: partners of active members)—
(a)at the end of sub-paragraph (a)(iv) delete “and”;
(b)at the end of sub-paragraph (a)(v) insert “and”;
(c)after sub-paragraph (a)(v) insert—
“(vi)the amount of earned pension credited under regulation 21(3) (councillors’ pensions) of the Transitional Regulations had been multiplied by 49/160th;”; and
(d)in sub-paragraph (b) after “normal pension age” insert “, but where, in the opinion of an IRMP the member was, at the date of death, wholly or temporarily in part time service or working at a lower grade as a result of the condition that caused or contributed to the member’s death, no account shall be taken of any reduction in pensionable pay due to such reduction in service as is attributable to that condition.”.