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15. In regulation 117 (recent leavers)—
(a)in paragraph (2), for “recent leaver’s” substitute “surviving spouse’s or surviving civil partner’s”; and
(b)for paragraph (3), substitute—
“(3) Paragraph (2) does not apply if—
(a)the Scottish Ministers liability to provide a guaranteed minimum pension in respect of the surviving spouse or civil partner is discharged by the payment of a contributions equivalent premium under section 55(2) of the 1993 Act; or
(b)a surviving widow, widower or surviving civil partner has been convicted of an offence specified in paragraph 12 of schedule 3 and the Scottish Ministers directed, as a consequence of that conviction, that the person’s rights to a payment in respect of the member’s death is forfeit.”.