PART FSURVIVING SPOUSES' PENSIONS

General provisions relating to surviving spouse’s pensions

Post retirement marriagesF6

1

Where a widow was not her husband’s wife at some time while he was in local government employment after 31st March 1972 and before the date on which he became entitled to a retirement pension—

a

the long-term pension under regulation F3,

b

the short-term pension under regulation F4, and

c

the long-term pension under regulation F5,

shall be calculated in accordance with paragraph (2).

2

Where paragraph (1) applies the references in regulations F3(2), F4(2) and F5(2) to the retirement pension are to be construed as references to the part of the pension which is attributable to the period of his membership in contracted-out employment after 5th April 1978.