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Solicitor-General Act 1985
sec.15Dependants’ pension entitlements
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### sec.15 Dependants’ pension entitlements
Where the Solicitor-General has died in office leaving a spouse or children, the spouse or each child shall be entitled to pension benefits in accordance with the Judges (Pensions and Long Leave) Act 1957 as if—
the Solicitor-General had been a Judge and the Solicitor-General’s service as Solicitor-General had been service as a Judge; and
in respect of the spouse’s entitlement—the maximum pension entitlement that, as a Judge, the Solicitor-General might have had under that Act would have been had upon attaining the age of 65 years.
- (a) the Solicitor-General had been a Judge and the Solicitor-General’s service as Solicitor-General had been service as a Judge; and
- (b) in respect of the spouse’s entitlement—the maximum pension entitlement that, as a Judge, the Solicitor-General might have had under that Act would have been had upon attaining the age of 65 years.