Payment of death grantE+W
160.— [F1(1)] On the death of a pension credit member, [F2where a death grant is to be paid, the payment must be made]—
(a)to the death grant beneficiary;
(b)if there is more than one death grant beneficiary, to those beneficiaries in the shares determined in accordance with regulation 157(4) and (5); or
(c)if there is no death grant beneficiary—
(i)to the member's surviving spouse [F3, surviving civil partner or surviving qualifying partner]; or,
(ii)if there is no such person, to the member's personal representatives as part of the member's estate.
[F4(2) In paragraph (1)(c)(i) “surviving qualifying partner” has the meaning given by regulation 135.]
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 160 renumbered as reg. 160(1) (with effect from 1.4.2015) by The Teachers Pensions Schemes (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1134), reg. 1(1)(4), 27(a)
F2Words in reg. 160 substituted (retrospective to 1.4.2015) by The Teachers Pensions Schemes (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/218), regs. 1(2)(b), 3(8)
F3Words in reg. 160(1)(c)(i) substituted (with effect from 1.4.2015) by The Teachers Pensions Schemes (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1134), reg. 1(1)(4), 27(b)
F4Reg. 160(2) inserted (with effect from 1.4.2015) by The Teachers Pensions Schemes (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1134), reg. 1(1)(4), 27(c)