The Parliamentary Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 1991

Changes to widows', widowers' and children’s pensions

11.—(1) In section 15(2) of the 1972 Act (amount of childrens' pensions)there shall be substituted for the words from“a sum equal to one-quarter” to the end of the sentence the words

“(a) a sum equal to one-quarter of the basic or prospective pension orpensions of the deceased if there is one child or, if there is more thanone, a sum equal to three-sixteenths of the basic or prospective pensionor pensions of the deceased for each relevant child not exceeding two;or

(b) if the widow or widower is dead and subject to sub-section (4)below, a sum equal to five sixteenths of the basic or prospectivepension or pensions of the deceased for each relevant child notexceeding two.”

(2) Paragraph (1) above shall have effect in relation to a child'spension where the person from whom the pension derives dies on or after6 April 1988, provided that the child’s pension is not payable at theincreased rate until the date these regulations come into force, butshall not have effect in relation to any pension which first becamepayable under the 1972 Act before 6 April 1988.