United Kingdom Statutory Instruments

" ; or

(c) in relation to a period beginning on or after 1st April 2004,


(i) is 10 per cent; or

(ii) where a participating Member opts to contribute to the Fund at a reduced rate, is 6 per cent".

(a) in relation to a payment of salary made in respect of a period beginning on or after 1st April 1992 and ending before 5th July 2001, is 6 per cent;

(b) in relation to a period beginning on or after 5th July 2001 and ending before 1st April 2004, is 9 per cent; and

(c) in relation to a period beginning on or after 1st April 2004, is 10 per cent."

(i) is 10 per cent; or

(ii) where a participating office holder opts to contribute to the Fund at a reduced rate, is 6 per cent".

(a) in relation to a payment of salary made in respect of a period beginning on or after 1st April 1992 and ending before 5th July 2001, is 6 per cent;

(b) in relation to a period beginning on or after 5th July 2001 and ending before 1st April 2004, is 9 per cent; and

(c) in relation to a period beginning on or after 1st April 2004, is 10 per cent."

" except that the part of the pension accrued in respect of service on and after the cut-off date shall be abated as if the participant had a qualifying period of 15 years".

(a) has ceased to be a Member of the House of Commons;

(b) is not the holder of a qualifying office;

(c) has attained the minimum pension age; and

(d) in the case of a person who was a participant at any time before 4th November 2004, does not meet condition (d) of paragraph (1) above,

     applies in writing to the Trustees for an immediate pension under this regulation then, if the Trustees are satisfied that he does not intend to stand for re-election to that House, he shall be entitled to receive a pension under regulation F1 as if he had attained the age of sixty-five years on the date of his application or, if later, such other date as may be there specified; but the annual amount of the pension to which he is so entitled, both before and after he attains the age of sixty-five years, shall (subject to Part G (Commutation)) be an amount calculated in accordance with regulation F2 and abated by the relevant percentage under Schedule 4 that would have applied if the participant had a qualifying period of 15 years."

" except that the part of the pension accrued in respect of service on and after the cut-off date shall be abated as if the participant had a qualifying period of 15 years".

In this Part:

     "cut-off date" means the later of 1st April 2009 and the day after the second General Election to occur after the General Election held on 7th June 2001; and

     "minimum pension age" means - 

(a) before 6th April 2010, fifty; and

(b) on and after 6th April 2010, fifty-five."

(a) made and signed with the deceased person a declaration in a form prescribed by the Trustees and the declaration was not subsequently cancelled by either partner by a signed revocation in such form as the Trustees prescribed or otherwise accepted ; and

(b) satisfies the Trustees that at the time of the deceased person's death - 


(i) the person and the deceased person were cohabiting as partners in an enduring long-term relationship and neither the person nor the deceased person was cohabiting with a third person as partners in an enduring long-term relationship;

(ii) the person and the deceased person were not prevented from marrying (or would not have been so prevented apart from being of the same sex) or forming a civil partnership; and

(iii) either the person was financially dependent on the deceased person or they were financially interdependent.

    (2) A surviving adult dependant of a person who - 

(a) was a participant at any time on or after 3rd November 2004;

(b) was at the person's death either - 


(i) a participant; or

(ii) a pensioner; or

(iii) a deferred pensioner; and



(c) did not leave a widow or widower or surviving civil partner

shall be entitled to receive a pension for life under this regulation.

    (3) The annual amount of a pension payable under this regulation to a surviving adult dependant shall be five-eighths of the basic or prospective pension or pensions of the deceased person."

(a) 50 per cent of the pension so calculated, and

(b) 2.5 per cent of the pension so calculated multiplied by N,

where N is the number of whole years or part years in excess of 12 by which the beneficiary is younger than the participant.

    (3) This regulation shall not apply to the pension of an adult survivor of a person if - 

(a) the person was a participant at any time before 3rd November 2004; and

(b) before 1st May 2006 the person and the adult survivor married or formed a civil partnership or made a declaration in accordance with sub-paragraph (1)(a) of regulation K2A."

" (a) the adult survivor of that deceased pensioner Member marries or forms a civil partnership or cohabits with another person; and".

" (a) the adult survivor of that deceased pensioner Member marries or forms a civil partnership or cohabits with another person; and".

" his adult survivor and any relevant child or children as they apply in relation to a deceased pensioner Member and his adult survivor".

" (a) without leaving an adult survivor or relevant child who is, or may become, entitled in respect of that person to receive a pension under regulations K2, K2A or K3; and"