Section 17
Cessation of derivative pension
of Statutory and Local Authorities Pensions Act 1980
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Section 17
A derivative pension granted under this Act shall cease if the recipient is—
(a)
(Deleted by Act A1172);
(b)
a child, other than a child who is mentally retarded or physically and permanently incapacitated and incapable of supporting himself or a child referred to in paragraph (c), upon marriage or upon attaining the age of twenty-one, whichever is the earlier; or
(c)
a child who is receiving education in an institution of higher learning but not beyond education leading to a first degree, upon completing or ceasing to receive such education or upon marriage, whichever is the earlier.