Part III Certification of Pension Schemes and Effects on Members’ State Scheme Rights and Duties
Chapter I Certification
Requirements for certification of occupational pension schemes providing guaranteed minimum pensions
F120DSurvivors' benefits
(1)
This section specifies the benefits mentioned in Condition 4 of section 20B.
(2)
The first benefit is that if the earner dies (whether before or after attaining normal pension age) leaving a widow, she is entitled to a pension of at least half the value of the pension to which the earner would have been entitled by reference to employment during the period—
(a)
beginning with 6th April 1978, and
(b)
ending with 5th April 1997.
(3)
The second benefit is that if the earner dies (whether before or after attaining normal pension age) leaving a widower or surviving civil partner, he or she is entitled to a pension of at least half the value of the pension to which the earner would have been entitled by reference to employment during the period—
(a)
beginning with 6th April 1988, and
(b)
ending with 5th April 1997.