SCHEDULE 1AMENDMENT OF THE FIREFIGHTERS' PENSION (WALES) SCHEME

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For rule C5 (limitation on award to widow by reference to date of marriage), substitute—

“Limitation on award to spouse by reference to date of marriageC5.

(1)

A surviving spouse is not entitled to an ordinary pension under rule C1, a special award under rule C2, an augmented award under rule C3 or an accrued pension under rule C4 unless he was married to the deceased during a period before the deceased last ceased to be a regular firefighter.

(2)

A surviving spouse who, but for paragraph (1), would be entitled to a pension or other award mentioned in that paragraph, is instead entitled to a pension calculated in accordance with Part IV of Schedule 3.”.