Church of England (Pensions) Measure 1988 (No. 4)

4Pensions for children

Section 10A of the 1961 Measure (pensions for children) shall have effect subject to the following amendments—

(a)for subsection (1) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

“(1)Subject to the provisions of this section, where a scheme member who has performed a qualifying period of pensionable service dies on or after 1st April 1988 leaving a child who has not attained the age of eighteen, the child shall be entitled to receive from the Board a pension of the following amount, that is to say—

(a)if the scheme member dies leaving a widow or widower, a pension equal to one sixth of the deceased scheme member’s pension; or

(b)if the scheme member did not leave a widow or widower or if the widow or widower is dead, a pension equal to one third of the deceased scheme member’s pension.”;

(b)in subsection (2) for the word “clerk” in both places where it occurs there shall be substituted the words “scheme member”, for the words “clerk’s pension” there shall be substituted the words “scheme member’s pension” and after the word “widow” there shall be inserted the words “or widower”;

(c)in subsection (4) for the word “clerk” there shall be substituted the words “scheme member” and for the words “clerk’s death” there shall be substituted the words “scheme member’s death”;

(d)in subsection (7) for the word “clerk” there shall be substituted the words “scheme member” and for the word “five” there shall be substituted the word “two”;

(e)in subsection (8) for the words “clerk if the widow of that clerk” there shall be substituted the words “scheme member if the widow or widower of that member.”