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(a) in paragraph (1)(b)(i)(aa) for "of that Part" there shall be substituted "of Part 1 of Schedule 29 to that Act", and

(b) after paragraph (2) there shall be added the following paragraphs—

    " (3) Subject to paragraph (4), for the purposes of section 17(1) of the Act further circumstances are where the payment of a lump sum—


(a) is authorised under section 164 of the 2004 Act[4];

(b) is permitted by the lump sum rule in section 166 of that Act, and

(c) qualifies as a serious ill-health lump sum for the purposes of paragraph 4 of Part 1 of Schedule 29 to that Act.



    (4) Where—



(a) under the scheme, an earner qualifies for a lump sum payment on the ground of serious ill-health, and

(b) the scheme also provides for the payment of a guaranteed minimum pension to the widow, widower or surviving civil partner of the earner ("a survivor's pension"),



the scheme shall continue to include provision for a survivor's pension notwithstanding the payment of a lump sum to the earner.".

Sealed with the Official Seal of the Department for Social Development on


17th May 2006.

L.S.

John O'Neill
A senior officer of the Department for Social Development

[2] See Article 8(b) of S.R. 1999 No. 481back

[3] S.R. 1996 No.493; regulation 60 was substituted by Article 28(10) of S.I. 2006/744back

[4] The definition of "2004 Act" was inserted by Article 28(2)(c) of S.I. 2006/744back

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