Part IIIJudicial and Other Offices and Judicial Pensions
Judicial pensions
I179 Widowers’ pensions.
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The following section shall be inserted in the Judicial Pensions Act 1981, after section 18 (which sets out the conditions on which a widow’s pension is payable)—
18A Widowers’ pensions.
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Section 18 above shall have effect in relation to the death of a female person as it has effect in relation to the death of a male person but as if—
a
for the words “widow", “widow’s pension" and “wife" there were substituted
“ widower" ”,“ widower’s pension" ”and“ husband" ”; andb
for the words “his", “he" and “him" there were substituted
“ hers" ”,“ she" ”and“ her" ”.2
The transitional provisions in Part IV of Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect in relation to widowers’ pensions.
2
The transitional provisions set out in Schedule 12 shall be inserted in the Act of 1981 as Part IV of Schedule 2 to that Act.