PART 2BENEFITS FOR OFFICERS

CHAPTER 5DEATH BENEFTS

Miscellaneous and general provisions

Polygamous marriages90

1

This regulation applies if—

a

a member dies without leaving a surviving adult dependant, and

b

at the date of death the member was married to one or more persons under a law which permits polygamy.

2

If, had the member left a surviving adult dependant, any benefit would have been payable to the surviving adult dependant as such, that benefit is payable—

a

if there is one such person, to that person, or

b

if there are two or more such persons, to those persons in equal shares.

3

Such a person's share of a pension will not be increased on the death of any such person.