The Railways Pension Scheme Order 1994

Pensions for Eligible Spouse and Eligible Children

5C  The annual amount of the Eligible Spouse’s and Eligible Children’s pensions shall be:

(i) the Member’s Normal Pension multiplied by

(ii) the fractions shown in the table in rule 22(6) of the BR Rules;

or such lesser amount as was provided under the BR Pension Scheme or any predecessor scheme but subject to the provisions of Rule 9.

The pensions payable to the Eligible Spouse and Eligible Children shall be payable from the day following the Member’s death. The Eligible Spouse’s pension shall cease on the death of the Eligible Spouse.

On the death of the Eligible Spouse or the last surviving Eligible Dependant, any pension payable to the Member’s Eligible Children shall be increased from the day after the death to the amount of pension which would have been payable if there had been no Eligible Spouse or Eligible Dependant at the time of the Member’s death.

If the Eligible Spouse is more than 10 years younger than the Member and had not been married to the Member for 5 more years the Eligible Spouse’s pension shall be reduced by 2.5% for each year by which the age difference exceeds 10 years or by such lesser amount as the Trustee may decide with the agreement of the Actuary.