SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 4SURVIVOR'S PENSION UNDER SECTION 7: UP-RATING

Introduction

1

This Schedule sets out how to up-rate the rate of a person's state pension under section 7.

2

In this Schedule a reference to the rate of a person's state pension is to the rate—

(a)

ignoring any reduction under section 7(4) (in the case of a state pension under section 7),

(b)

taking into account any reduction under section 14 (in the case of a state pension under section 4), and

(c)

ignoring any increase under section 17.

3

In this Schedule a reference to “the amount of any state pension that has priority” means the rate of any state pension to which the person is entitled under section 2, 4 or 12.