Parliamentary and other Pensions Act 1972

27 Pensions for dependants of Prime Minister or Speaker

(1) In relation to a person who has held office as Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury or as Speaker of the House of Commons at any time after 1st April 1972 (whether before or after the passing of this Act) and has died (whether before or after the passing of this Act) the provisions of sections 13 to 15 of this Act shall (subject to the next following subsection) have effect as if—

(a) he had at the time of his death been entitled to receive a pension under section 7 of this Act, and

(b) the annual amount of that pension had been an amount calculated (in the case of a person who held office as Prime Minister and First Lord of the Treasury) in accordance with subsection (3), or (in the case of a person who held office as Speaker) in accordance with subsection (4), of section 26 of this Act.

(2) In the application of any of the provisions of sections 13 to 15 of this Act in accordance with the preceding subsection, any reference to the Trustees shall be construed as a reference to the Minister for the Civil Service.

(3) Any pension payable under this section shall be charged on and paid out of the Consolidated Fund.

(4) In this section any reference to an amount calculated in accordance with subsection (3) or subsection (4) of section 26 of this Act shall be construed as a reference to whichever is the greater of the following amounts, that is to say—

(a) the amount specified in that subsection, and

(b) the amount so specified as increased under section 29 of this Act.