PART 6Death benefits

CHAPTER 2Pensions for surviving partners

Reduction in pensions in cases of wide age disparity90

1

This regulation applies if on the death of a member of this scheme, a surviving partner's pension is payable to a person who is more than 12 years younger than the member.

2

The annual rate of that pension is reduced by the lower of—

a

50% of the amount of the annual rate of the pension so calculated; or

b

2.5 × ( N − 12 ) %math

where N is the number of whole years by which the surviving partner is younger than the member.