The Police Pensions Regulations 1987

Gratuity—estate

E3.—(1) This Regulation shall apply in the case of a regular policeman—

(a) who dies while entitled to an ordinary, short service, ill-health or deferred pension, whether or not that pension has come into payment, or

(b) who dies while serving as such.

(2) If, in the case of such a regular policeman, the aggregate of—

(a) any payments made or due to him on account of his ordinary, short service, ill-health or deferred pension or by way of a lump sum under Regulation B7 where a portion of such a pension has been commuted, or on account of an injury pension, together with any increase therein under the Pensions (Increase) Acts;

(b) where he has, or is deemed to have, exercised the right of election conferred by paragraph 8 of Part I of Schedule J (award in certain cases in lieu of deferred pension under Regulation B5), any payment made or due to him (or his estate) on account of the award mentioned in sub-paragraph (6)(a) of that paragraph;

(c) the capitalised value (calculated in accordance with tables prepared from time to time by the Government Actuary) of any pension or allowance granted in respect of his death (including, where he has allocated a portion of his pension under Regulation B9, any pension payable thereunder to the beneficiary of that allocation); and

(d) any gratuity granted in respect of his death otherwise than under this Regulation,

is less than his aggregate pension contributions in respect of his relevant period of service, the police authority shall pay a gratuity equal to the difference to his legal personal representative.