Church of England (Pensions) Measure 1988 (No. 4)

30 In regulation 2—

(a) in paragraph (2) for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted—

“(b) if the scheme member dies at any time and leaves a widow or widower, the weekly rate of pension provided for the surviving spouse under the scheme shall not be less than half that guaranteed minimum.”;

(b) in paragraph (3) for sub-paragraph (b) there shall be substituted—

“(b) if the scheme member dies at any time and leaves a widow or widower, the surviving spouse shall be entitled to a pension under the scheme, the weekly rate of which is equal to half the guaranteed minimum.”;

(c) at the end of the regulation there shall be added the following paragraph—

“(5) Any reference in this regulation to a scheme member’s guaranteed minimum shall, so far as it is attributable to the scheme member’s earnings after 5th April 1988, be a reference to that minimum as increased in accordance with the requirements of section 37A of the Act and to the extent of any orders made under that section”.