Section 17 | Minimum Pensions For Widows And Widowers | Pension Schemes Act 1993 C48

17 Minimum pensions for widows and widowers

Pension Schemes Act 1993 (1993 c 48) | Legislation

17 Minimum pensions for widows and widowers

(1) Subject to the provisions of this Part, the scheme must provide that if the earner dies leaving a [widow, widower or surviving civil partner] (whether before or after attaining pensionable age), the [widow, widower or surviving civil partner] will be entitled to a guaranteed minimum pension under the scheme.

[(1A) But a scheme may be amended so as to omit provision of the kind specified in subsection (1) if the conditions specified in section 24B are satisfied.]

(2) The scheme must contain a rule to the effect that—

(a) if the earner is a man[, or a woman in a relevant gender change case,] who has a guaranteed minimum under section 14, the weekly rate of the widow's pension will be not less than the widow's guaranteed minimum;

(b) if the earner is a woman who has a guaranteed minimum under that section, the weekly rate of the widower's pension will be not less than the widower's guaranteed minimum;

[(c) if the earner is a person who has a guaranteed minimum under that section, the weekly rate of the surviving civil partner's pension will not be less than the surviving civil partner's guaranteed