Commencement Information
I1Sch. 11 wholly in force at 6.4.2005; Sch. 11 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes and otherwise at 6.4.2005 see s. 322
10(1)Paragraph 4 (increase of pension where pensioner’s deceased spouse has deferred entitlement) is amended as follows.E+W+S
(2)For sub-paragraph (1) substitute—
“(1)Subject to paragraph 8, this paragraph applies where a widow or widower (“W”) is entitled to a Category A or Category B retirement pension and was married to the other party to the marriage (“S”) when S died and one of the following conditions is met—
(a)S was entitled to a Category A or Category B retirement pension with an increase under this Schedule,
(b)W is a widow or widower to whom paragraph 3C applies and has made an election under paragraph 3C(2)(a), or
(c)paragraph 3C would apply to W but for the fact that the condition in sub-paragraph (1)(d) of that paragraph is not met.
(1A)Subject to sub-paragraph (3), the rate of W’s pension shall be increased—
(a)in a case falling within sub-paragraph (1)(a), by an amount equal to the increase to which S was entitled under this Schedule, apart from paragraphs 5 to 6,
(b)in a case falling within sub-paragraph (1)(b), by an amount equal to the increase to which S would have been entitled under this Schedule, apart from paragraphs 5 to 6, if the period of deferment had ended immediately before S’s death and S had then made an election under paragraph A1(1)(a), or
(c)in a case falling within sub-paragraph (1)(c), by an amount equal to the increase to which S would have been entitled under this Schedule, apart from paragraphs 5 to 6, if the period of deferment had ended immediately before S’s death.”
Commencement Information
I2Sch. 11 wholly in force at 6.4.2005; Sch. 11 in force at Royal Assent for specified purposes and otherwise at 6.4.2005 see s. 322