Child’s special allowance
16.—(1) This regulation shall apply to a child of a police officer who dies or has died as the result of an injury received without his own default in the execution of his duty.
(2) Subject to regulations 18 (limitations) and 27 (increase during first 13 weeks), a child to whom this regulation applies shall be entitled to a special allowance calculated in accordance with the following provisions of this regulation.
(3) Where one of the child’s parents is alive, the child’s special allowance in respect of the death of a police officer (“the relevant parent”) shall, subject to paragraphs (4) and (7), be of an amount equal to 10% of the average pensionable pay for a week of the relevant parent.
(4) Where five or more children’s special allowances are payable in respect of the death of the same person, an allowance determined in accordance with paragraph (3) shall be of an amount equal to 40% of the average pensionable pay for a week of the relevant parent divided by the total number of allowances so payable.
(5) Where the relevant parent was the child’s only surviving parent, or in respect of the period after the death of the child’s other parent, the child’s special allowance shall, subject to paragraphs (6) and (7), be of an amount equal to 20% of the average pensionable pay for a week of the relevant parent.
(6) Where five or more children’s special allowances are payable in respect of the death of the same person, an allowance determined in accordance with paragraph (5) shall be of an amount equal to 80% of the average pensionable pay for a week of the relevant parent divided by the total number of allowances so payable.
(7) The amount of a child’s special allowance determined in accordance with the preceding paragraphs of this regulation shall be increased in accordance with regulation 28 (increase by reference to the Pensions (Increase) Acts).