The Police Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015

Provisional payment of eligible child’s pensions: later adjustments

148.—(1) This regulation applies where—

(a) an active member, deferred member or pensioner member of this scheme has died.

(b) a pension is paid in respect of one or more persons under this Part on the basis that they were eligible children at the date of the member’s death and that there were then no other eligible children; and

(c) it later appears that—

(i) a person in respect of whom an eligible child’s pension was paid was not an eligible child on the date of death;

(ii) on that date one or more other persons was an eligible child; or

(iii) a child who was born after the member’s death is an eligible child.

(2) The scheme manager may adjust the amount of pension payable in respect of each eligible child to take account of the matters in paragraph (1)(c).

(3) Paragraph (2) does not affect any right of the scheme manager has to recover a payment or an overpayment.