A member may not allocate more than one-third of the member's pension to provide a pension on the member's death for a surviving spouse, a civil partner or a dependant and must keep a pension at least equal to the member's guaranteed minimum pension

A member may not allocate so much pension as to provide a bigger spouse's pension, civil partner's pension or dependant's pension under regulation J1 than the pension the member has retained.

The part of a member's pension that is allocated must be an exact number of pounds and must be sufficient to provide a pension for the spouse, civil partner or dependent of at least £260 a year or, if greater, of the minimum amount that cannot be treated as trivial for the purposes of regulation T8 (commutation of trivial pensions).