Section 18
Cessation of pension in respect of child attaining age of eighteen deemed valid
of Statutory and Local Authorities Pensions Act 1980
Notwithstanding section 17, where prior to the publication of this Act any payment in respect of a derivative pension or other benefit payable to a child has ceased upon the child attaining the age of eighteen, such cessation and any apportionment of the derivative
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pension or other benefit to any other dependants subsequent to the cessation shall be deemed to have been properly and validly done.
(2)
Where subsection (1) is applicable, but such child is under this
Act eligible to be paid a derivative pension or other benefit, such child shall, subject to section 17, be paid the portion of the derivative pension or other benefit due to him as from the publication of this Act.