The Teachers' Pension Scheme Regulations 2014

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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)