The Police Service of Northern Ireland and Police Service of Northern Ireland Reserve (Injury Benefit) (Amendment) Regulations 2021

Adult survivor’s special award

8.  In regulation 12 (adult survivor’s special award)—

(a) In paragraph (2)(b), for the words after “greater of” to the end, substitute the amounts mentioned in paragraph (2A); and

(b) After paragraph (b), insert—

“(2A) The amounts are—

(a) for a member of the 1988 scheme who is not a member of the 2015 scheme—

(i) the member’s average pensionable pay, and

(ii) 2¹/₄ times the annual amount of ill-health pension which would have been payable under regulation B3 (Members ill-health pension) of the 1988 Regulations to the member had the member retired on the ground of permanent disablement on the date of the member’s death;

(b) for a member of the 2006 scheme who is not a member of the 2015 scheme—

(i) the members’ average pensionable pay, and

(ii) 2¹/₄ times the annual amount of ill-health pension which would have been payable under regulation 26( police officer’s ill-health pension) of the 2009 Regulations to the member had the member retired meeting the criteria for a standard ill-health pension and an enhanced ill-health top up pension on the date of the member’s death;

(c) for a member of the 2015 scheme—

(i) the member’s average pensionable pay, and

(ii) 2¹/₄ times the annual amount of ill-health pension which would have been payable under regulation 100(3)(b) (entitlement to ill-health pension) of the 2015 Regulations had the member retired meeting the upper tier threshold for payment of an ill-health pension under regulation 99(2) (payment thresholds) of those Regulations on the date of the member’s death.”.