PART 6 N.I.Death benefits
CHAPTER 2N.I.Pensions for surviving partners
Reduction in pensions in cases of wide age disparityN.I.
90.—(1) This regulation applies if on the death of a member of this scheme, a surviving partner's pension is payable to a person who is more than 12 years younger than the member.
(2) The annual rate of that pension is reduced by the lower of—
(a)50% of the amount of the annual rate of the pension so calculated; or
where N is the number of whole years by which the surviving partner is younger than the member.