United Kingdom Statutory Instruments

" ; and

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


(i) is 10 per cent; or

(ii) where a participant opts to contribute 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 1^st April 1992 and ending before 5^th July 2001, is 6 per cent;

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

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

(a) ceases to be a Representative;

(b) has attained the minimum pension age;

(c) has actual reckonable service excluding service on or after 20^th July 2009 of not less than fifteen years (hereinafter referred to in respect of a person as "his qualifying period"); and

(d) has actual reckonable service as a participant that includes service on or after 2^nd April 1991 and before 4^th November 2004,

applies in writing to the Managers for an immediate pension under this article, then, if the Managers are satisfied that he does not intend to stand for re-election to the European Parliament, he shall be entitled to receive a pension under article 7 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 article 8) be an amount calculated in accordance with article 7 and abated in accordance with Schedule 4 except that the part of the pension accrued in respect of service on and after 20^th July 2009 shall be abated as if the participant had a qualifying period of 15 years.".

(a) ceases to be a Representative;

(b) has attained the minimum pension age; and

(c) does not meet condition (c) of paragraph (1) above,

applies in writing to the Managers for an immediate pension under this article, then, if the Managers are satisfied that he does not intend to stand for re-election to the European Parliament, he shall be entitled to receive a pension under article 7 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 article 8) be an amount calculated in accordance with article 7 and abated by the relevant percentage under Schedule 4 that would have applied if the participant had a qualifying period of 15 years."

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

(b) satisfies the Managers 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 3^rd 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 article.

    (3) The annual amount of a pension payable under this article 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 article shall not apply to the pension of an adult survivor of a person if –

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

(b) before 1^st 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 article 12A."

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

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