43ASpecial pensions

#### 43A Special pensions (1) If, at any time after the date of commencement of this section (in this section referred to as the commencing date), pension is not payable under section 39 to a person to whom pension would be payable at that time under that section were this Act, as amended and in force on the commencing date, to have been in force before the date of death of a member of the scheme who died before the commencing date, CSC may grant, from such date as it specifies, a pension to the person at such rate and on such conditions as CSC, having regard to such matters (if any) as are prescribed and such other matters as it considers relevant, determines. (2) If, at any time after the commencing date, pension is not payable under section 42 or 43 to a person to whom pension would be payable under that section were this Act, as amended and in force on the commencing date, to have been in force before the date of death for a member of the scheme who died before the commencing date, CSC may grant, from such date as it specifies, a pension to the person at such rate and on such conditions as CSC, having regard to such matters (if any) as are prescribed and such other matters as it considers relevant, determines. (3) A date specified by CSC under subsection (1) or (2) in relation to the granting of an entitlement to pension benefit shall not, unless CSC is satisfied that special circumstances exist that justify an earlier date being so specified, be a date earlier than the date upon which the grant is made, and shall not, in any event, be a date earlier than the commencing date. (4) A determination by CSC for the purpose of subsection (1) or (2) shall be in writing. (5) Where, at any time before the commencing date, pension has been paid to a person under section 39 as the widow (within the meaning of this Act as in force at that time) of a deceased recipient member, CSC shall not under subsection (1) of this section, grant a pension to any other person in respect of that deceased recipient member. (6) CSC shall not, under subsection (1), grant a pension to a person unless CSC, having regard to such matters (if any) as are prescribed and such other matters as it considers relevant, is satisfied that the person is in necessitous circumstances or that the grant of the pension is otherwise warranted. (7) CSC shall not, under subsection (1), grant a pension to a person in relation to a deceased member of the scheme from a specified date at a rate that exceeds the rate at which pension would have been payable from that specified date to the person under this Act had the person been, for the purpose of this Act as amended and in force at the date of death of the deceased member of the scheme, the widow or widower of the deceased member of the scheme. (8) CSC shall not, under subsection (2), grant a pension to a person in relation to a deceased member of the scheme from a specified date at a rate that exceeds the rate at which pension would have been payable from that specified date to the person under this Act had the person been, for the purposes of this Act as amended and in force at the date of death of the deceased member of the scheme, the child of the deceased member of the scheme and an eligible child. (9) The grant by CSC, under this section, of a pension to a person does not affect the entitlement of any other person under this Act to a pension benefit that is payable otherwise than by virtue of a grant of pension under this section, or the rate of such a pension benefit.