PART 2BENEFITS FOR OFFICERS

CHAPTER 5DEATH BENEFTS

Pensions for dependent children

Amount of children's pension under regulation 74: deceased deferred members78.

(1)

This regulation applies for determining the annual amount of the pension payable under regulation 74(1) (surviving children's pensions) if at the date of death the deceased was a deferred member of the Scheme who was not also an active member F1or a non-contributing member or a pensioner member.

(2)

That amount is the appropriate fraction of the basic death pension.

(3)

In this regulation “the basic death pension”—

(a)

if the deceased died within 12 months after ceasing to be an active member F2or a non-contributing member , means the amount that would be the basic death pension for the purposes of regulation 76 if the deceased had died on the day of so ceasing (disregarding any additional pension), and

(b)

otherwise, means the greater of—

(i)

75% of the pension to which the deceased would have been entitled if the deceased had become entitled to a pension under regulation 45 on the date of death (disregarding any additional pension), and

(ii)

75% of the pension to which the deceased would have been entitled if the deceased had become so entitled and the pension had been calculated on the assumption that the member was entitled to 10 years' pensionable service (disregarding any additional pension).

(4)

In this regulation “the appropriate fraction” means—

(a)

if there is a surviving parent of the dependent child or children or a surviving spouse or civil partner of a parent of the dependent child or children and a surviving adult's pension is payable—

(i)

one-quarter if there is only one dependent child, and

(ii)

one-half if there are two or more dependent children,

(b)

otherwise—

(i)

one-third if there is only one dependent child, and

(ii)

two-thirds if there are two or more dependent children.