Entitlement to short-term family benefits
E24.—(1) Subject to paragraphs (3) and (4), a short-term pension is payable, from the day after that of his death, if a person dies—
(a)while in pensionable employment; or
(b)during a period for which he is paying additional contributions under regulation C6 or C7; or
(c)within 12 months after ceasing to be in pensionable employment, or to pay such contributions, as a result of ill-health, but before becoming entitled to payment of retirement benefits; or
(d)after becoming entitled to payment of retirement benefits.
(2) The short-term pension is payable—
(a)subject to paragraph (4), to any surviving spouse, or if a nomination under regulation E23 had effect at the time of his death, to the nominated beneficiary; or
(b)if the deceased is survived by a child or children of his, to or for the benefit of the child or, as the case may be, the children jointly.
(3) Where two or more persons confer on the same child or, as the case may be, children, entitlement to a short-term pension, regulation E26(7) shall apply in a like manner to short-term pensions payable by virtue of this regulation.
(4) No short-term pension is payable—
(a)to a widower if one is payable to another person as a nominated beneficiary; or
(b)to a nominated beneficiary who, at the date of the death of the deceased, was not wholly or mainly dependent on the deceased;
(c)if there is no surviving spouse, nominated beneficiary or surviving child; or
(d)where paragraph (1)(d) applies, to a person who is not entitled under regulation E26 to a long-term pension.