The Local Government Superannuation Regulations 1986

Guaranteed minimum pension for certain pensionable employees and their widows

E1.—(1) This regulation applies if the employment of a pensionable employee in any local government employment is contracted-out employment.

(2) Where this regulation applies it overrides anything in these regulations that is inconsistent with it, except regulations E15 (reduction of retirement pension in the case of certain re-employed pensioners), E21 (power to compound certain small pensions) and M1 (forfeiture of rights).

(3) Where this regulation applies and the pensionable employee has a guaranteed minimum under section 35 of the Pensions Act in relation to benefits under these regulations—

(a) unless on ceasing to hold his local government employment he is entitled to a retirement pension at a higher rate, he is from the date on which he attains state pensionable age entitled to a pension at a weekly rate equal to that guaranteed minimum,

(b) if he attains state pensionable age while in local government employment, continues in the same employment for a further period of 5 years and does not then cease to hold it, he is (unless he consents to a postponement of the entitlement) entitled from the end of that period to so much of his retirement pension as equals that guaranteed minimum, and

(c) if he dies at any time and leaves a widow, unless she is entitled to a widow's pension at a higher rate she is, during any such period as is mentioned in section 36(6) of the Pensions Act, entitled to a pension at a weekly rate equal to half that guaranteed minimum.