PART 3BENEFITS FOR PRACTITIONERS ETC.
CHAPTER 5DEATH BENEFTS
Lump sum death benefits
Amount of lump sum: pension credit members213
1
The lump sum payable on the death of a pension credit member who dies before any benefits derived from the member's pension credit have become payable is an amount equal to the amount of the annual pension to which the member would have become entitled under regulation 177 if the member had reached the age of 65 on the date of death, multiplied by 2.25.
2
The lump sum payable on the death of a pension credit member who dies after a pension under that regulation has become payable is equal to the lower of—
a
the annual amount of the pension that would have been payable to the member during so much of the period of five years beginning with the date on which the pension became payable as falls after the date of death, and
b
where—
AUE is the amount as at the valuation day of the annual average of the uprated earnings of the debit member from whose rights the pension credit member's pension credit is derived, and
CLS is the amount of the lump sum (if any) paid to the pension credit member as a result of the member exercising the option under regulation 185 (general option to exchange part of pension for lump sum) on becoming entitled to the pension under regulation 177.
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4
In this regulation—