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Survivor benefits: deferred membersN.I.

Death grants: deferred members and pension credit membersN.I.

46.—(1) If a deferred member dies the Committee shall pay a death grant.

(2) The Committee may, at its absolute discretion, pay the death grant to or for the benefit of the member's nominee, personal representatives or any person appearing to the Committee to have been a relative or dependent of the member.

(3) The death grant is the amount the member would have been entitled to receive as retirement pension annually if—

(a)the member had been able to draw a pension on the date the member died; and

(b)the pension the member would have been able to draw on that date had not been subject to any restriction on the age at which it could be drawn, or actuarial adjustment relating to the age at which it was drawn,

multiplied by five.

[F1(3A) For the purposes of paragraph (3), if the member—

(a)died in the period beginning with 1st April and ending with 5th April in the Scheme year following the Scheme year in which the member ceased to be an active member; or

(b)ceased to be an active member and became a deferred member in the period beginning with 1st April and ending with 5th April in a Scheme year and subsequently died within that same period,

the pension is deemed to include the revaluation adjustment that would have been due at the next revaluation date.]

F2(4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(5) This regulation applies to pension credit members (including persons entitled to a pension credit who die before the Committee awards a pension credit) as it applies to deferred members with the modification that for the amount of death grant calculated under paragraph (3), the amount calculated under paragraph (3)(a) and (b) is multiplied by [F3three] .

[F4(5) This regulation shall apply to pension credit members as it applies to deferred members, subject to paragraph (6) [F5and paragraph (3A) does not apply].

(6) Where a person entitled to a pension credit dies before the Committee awards a pension credit, the calculation of the death grant under paragraph (3), shall be modified so that the multiplier is three.]

Survivor benefits: partners of deferred membersN.I.

47.—(1) If a deferred member dies leaving a surviving spouse, civil partner or F6... co-habiting partner, that person is entitled to a pension which shall come into payment on the day following the member's death.

(2) The Committee shall close the deferred member's pension account and shall open a survivor member's pension account from the day following the member's death.

(3) The opening balance of the survivor member's pension account is the amount of pension payable to the survivor calculated in accordance with paragraph (4).

(4) The amount of a pension payable under paragraph (3) is calculated by adding together the pension that the member would have been entitled to draw if—

(a)the member had been able to draw a pension on the date the member died;

(b)the pension the member would have been able to draw on that date had not been subject to any restriction on the age at which it could be drawn, or actuarial adjustment either relating to the age at which it was drawn or following a Scheme pays election,

(c)the pension excluded any additional pension purchased under regulation 18 (additional pension contributions) and any additional pension awarded under regulation 32 (award of additional pension);

(d)the pension included 30.625% of any additional pension purchased under regulation 19(7)(b)(i) (additional voluntary contributions);

(e)the member's earned pension had accrued at a rate of 1/160th of pensionable pay; and

(f)the amount of earned pension credited under regulation 113(1) (effect of acceptance of transfer value payment) had been multiplied by 49/160.

[F7(4A) For the purposes of paragraph (4), if the member—

(a)died in the period beginning with 1st April and ending with 5th April in the Scheme year following the Scheme year in which the member ceased to be an active member; or

(b)ceased to be an active member and became a deferred member in the period beginning with 1st April and ending 5th April in a Scheme year and subsequently died within that same period,

the pension is deemed to include the revaluation adjustment that would have been due at the next revaluation date.]

(5) If the member ceased to be an active member, became a deferred member and died all within the same Scheme year, the balance in the survivor member's pension account at the end of the Scheme year in which the survivor member's pension account was opened is adjusted [F8on the revaluation date in] the following Scheme year by the revaluation adjustment applicable to the Scheme year in which the survivor member's account was opened, [F9and takes effect from the start of the Scheme year following the Scheme year in which the survivor member’s pension account was opened,] in accordance with actuarial guidance issued by the Department.

[F10(6) Where—

(a)paragraph (5) applies, the balance calculated under paragraph (3) is the opening balance of the survivor member’s pension account for the following Scheme year, and the revaluation adjustment is applied to the balance in accordance with paragraph (5);

(b)paragraph (5) does not apply, the balance under paragraph (3) is the opening balance of the survivor member’s pension account for the following Scheme year,

and, thereafter, the balance in the survivor member’s pension account is adjusted each year by the index rate adjustment from the date that an increase would apply if that balance were a pension in payment to which the 1971 Act applied.

(6A) Where an index rate adjustment is due to be made on a revaluation date, any such adjustment must be made immediately after the revaluation adjustment is made.]

(7) If there is more than one surviving spouse, they become jointly entitled in equal shares under paragraph (1).

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F6Word in reg. 47(1) omitted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2)(c) of the amending Rule) by virtue of The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2019 (S.R. 2019/206), regs. 1(1), 25

F8Words in reg. 47(5) substituted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending Rule) by The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 (S.R. 2023/81), regs. 1(1), 6(1)(b)(i)

F9Words in reg. 47(5) inserted (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending Rule) by The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 (S.R. 2023/81), regs. 1(1), 6(1)(b)(ii)

F10 Reg. 47(6)(6A) substituted for reg. 47(6) (with effect in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending Rule) by The Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2023 (S.R. 2023/81), regs. 1(1), 6(1)(c)

Survivor benefits: children of deferred membersN.I.

48.—(1) If a deferred member dies leaving one or more eligible children, they are entitled to a children's pension which shall come into payment on the day following the member's death.

(2) The Committee shall open a survivor member's pension account for the eligible child or children, in accordance with regulation 49 (survivor benefits: children of deferred member where pension is payable to a partner of deferred member) or regulation 50 (survivor benefits: children of deferred member where no pension is payable to partner of deferred member) from the day following the deferred member's death.

(3) The children's pension shall be calculated in accordance with regulation 49 or regulation 50.

(4) If the member ceased to be an active member, became a deferred member and died all within the same Scheme year, the balance in the survivor member's pension account at the end of the Scheme year in which the survivor member's pension account was opened is adjusted [F11on the revaluation date in] the following Scheme year by the revaluation adjustment applicable to the Scheme year in which the member died, in accordance with actuarial guidance issued by the Department.

[F12(5) Where—

(a)paragraph (4) applies, the balance calculated under regulation 49(2) (survivor benefits: children of deferred member where pension is payable to partner of deferred member) or 50(2) (survivor benefits: children of deferred member where no pension is payable to partner of deferred member) is the opening balance of the survivor member’s pension account for the following Scheme year and the revaluation adjustment is applied to the balance in accordance with paragraph (4);

(b)paragraph (4) does not apply, the balance under regulation (49)(2) or 50(2), as the case may be, is the opening balance of the survivor member’s pension account for the following Scheme year,

and, thereafter, the balance in the survivor member’s pension account is adjusted each year by the index rate adjustment from the date that an increase would apply if that balance were a pension in payment to which the 1971 Act applied.

(5A) Where an index rate adjustment is due to be made on a revaluation date, any such adjustment must be made immediately after the revaluation adjustment is made.]

[F13(6) The Committee may pay the whole or part of a children’s pension to a person other than the eligible child, to be applied for the benefit of such one or more eligible children as the Committee may direct.]

Survivor benefits: children of deferred member where pension is payable to partner of deferred memberN.I.

49.—(1) If a pension is payable to a partner of a deferred member under regulation 47(1) (survivor benefits: partners of deferred members), the Committee shall open a survivor member's pension account for the eligible child or children from the day following the member's death.

(2) The opening balance of a survivor member's pension account opened under paragraph (1), is the amount of pension payable to the eligible child or children calculated in accordance with paragraph (3) or (4) but if the pension payable under regulation 47(1) (survivor benefits: partners of deferred members) ceases to be paid, the pension payable to the eligible child or children is recalculated in accordance with regulation 50(3) or (4) (survivor benefits: children of deferred member where no pension is payable to partner of deferred member) as from the day following the date the pension under regulation 47(1) ceased to be paid.

(3) The amount of pension payable under paragraph (2) where there is only one such eligible child is calculated by adding together the pension that the member would have been entitled to draw if—

(a)the member had been entitled to draw a pension on the date the member died;

(b)the pension the member would have been able to draw on that date had not been subject to any restriction on the age at which it could be drawn, or actuarial adjustment relating to the age at which it was drawn or following a Scheme Pays Election or any pension debit applied on account of a pension sharing order;

(c)the pension excluded any additional pension purchased under regulation 18 (additional pension contributions) and any additional pension awarded under regulation 32 (award of additional pension);

(d)the pension included 15.3125% of any pension purchased under regulation 19(7)(b)(i) (additional voluntary contributions);

(e)the member's earned pension had accrued at a rate of 1/320th of pensionable pay; and

(f)the amount of earned pension credited under regulation 113(1) (effect of acceptance of transfer value payment) had been multiplied by 49/320.

[F14(3A) For the purposes of paragraph (3), if the member—

(a)died in the period beginning with 1st April and ending with 5th April in the Scheme year following the Scheme year in which the member ceased to be an active member; or

(b)ceased to be an active member and became a deferred member in the period beginning with 1st April and ending with 5th April in a Scheme year and subsequently died within that same period,

the pension is deemed to include the revaluation adjustment that would have been due at the next revaluation date.]

(4) The amount of pension payable under paragraph (2) where there is more than one such eligible child, is payable to those children in equal shares and is calculated by adding together the pension that the member would have been entitled to draw if—

(a)the member had been entitled to draw a pension on the date of the member's death;

(b)the pension the member would have been able to draw on that date had not been subject to any restriction on the age at which it could be drawn, or actuarial adjustment relating to the age at which it was drawn or following a Scheme Pays Election or any pension debit applied on account of a pension sharing order;

(c)the pension excluded any additional pension purchased under regulation 18 (additional pension contributions) and any additional pension awarded under regulation 32 (award of additional pension);

(d)the pension included 30.625% of any additional pension purchased under regulation 19(7)(b)(i) (additional voluntary contributions);

(e)the member's earned pension had accrued at a rate of 1/160th of pensionable pay; and

(f)the amount of earned pension credited under regulation 113(1) (effect of acceptance of transfer value payment) had been multiplied by 49/160.

[F15(4A) For the purposes of paragraph (4), if the member—

(a)died in the period beginning with 1st April and ending with 5th April in the Scheme year following the Scheme year in which the member ceased to be an active member; or

(b)ceased to be an active member and became a deferred member in the period beginning with 1st April and ending with 5th April in a Scheme year and subsequently died within that same period,

the pension is deemed to include the revaluation adjustment that would have been due at the next revaluation date.]

(5) At the point at which the number of eligible children is reduced to one, if a pension is still payable to a surviving partner under regulation 47(1) (survivor benefits: partners of deferred members), the pension payable to that eligible child is recalculated in accordance with paragraph (3) as from the day following the date the other eligible child's or children's pension ceased to be paid.

Textual Amendments

Survivor benefits: children of deferred member where no pension is payable to partner of deferred memberN.I.

50.—(1) If, on the day following the member's death, no pension is payable to a partner of a deferred member under regulation 47(1) (survivor benefits: partners of deferred members), the Committee shall close the deferred member's pension account and shall open a survivor member's pension account for the eligible child or children from the day following the member's death.

(2) The opening balance of a survivor member's pension account opened under paragraph (1) is the amount of pension payable to the eligible child or children, calculated in accordance with paragraph (3) or (4).

(3) The amount of pension payable under paragraph (2) where there is only one such eligible child is calculated by adding together the pension that the member would have been entitled to draw if—

(a)the member had been entitled to draw a pension on the date the member died;

(b)the pension the member would have been able to draw on that date had not been subject to any restriction on the age at which it could be drawn, or actuarial adjustment relating to the age at which it was drawn or following a Scheme Pays Election or any pension debit applied on account of a pension sharing order;

(c)the pension excluded any additional pension purchased under regulation 18 (additional pension contributions) and any additional pension awarded under regulation 32 (award of additional pension);

(d)the pension included 20.41667% of any additional pension purchased under regulation 19(7)(b)(i) (additional voluntary contributions);

(e)the member's earned pension had accrued at a rate of 1/240th of pensionable pay; and

(f)the amount of earned pension credited under regulation 113(1) (effect of acceptance of transfer value payment) had been multiplied by 49/240.

[F16(3A) For the purposes of paragraph (3), if the member—

(a)died in the period beginning with 1st April and ending with 5th April in the Scheme year following the Scheme year in which the member become a deferred member; or

(b)ceased to be an active member and became a deferred member in the period beginning with 1st April and ending with 5th April in a Scheme year and subsequently died within that same period,

the pension is deemed to include the revaluation adjustment that would have been due at the next revaluation date.]

(4) The amount of pension payable under paragraph (2) where there is more than one such eligible child, is payable to those children in equal shares and is calculated by adding together the pension that the member would have been entitled to draw if—

(a)the member had been entitled to draw a pension on the date the member died;

(b)the pension the member would have been able to draw on that date had not been subject to any restriction on the age at which it could be drawn, or actuarial adjustment relating to the age at which it was drawn or following a Scheme Pays Election or any pension debit applied on account of a pension sharing order;

(c)the pension excluded any additional pension purchased under regulation 18 (additional pension contributions) and any additional pension awarded under regulation 32 (award of additional pension);

(d)the pension included 40.8333% of any additional pension purchased under regulation 19(7)(b)(i) (additional voluntary contributions);

(e)the member's earned pension had accrued at a rate of 1/120th of pensionable pay; and

(f)the amount of earned pension credited under regulation 113(1) (effect of acceptance of transfer value payment) had been multiplied by 49/120.

[F17(4A) For the purposes of paragraph (4), if the member—

(a)died in the period beginning with 1st April and ending with 5th April in the Scheme year following the Scheme year in which the member ceased to be an active member; or

(b)ceased to be an active member and became a deferred member in the period beginning with 1st April and ending with 5th April in a Scheme year and subsequently died within that same period,

the pension is deemed to include the revaluation adjustment that would have been due at the next revaluation date.]

(5) At the point at which the number of eligible children is reduced to one, the pension payable to that child is recalculated in accordance with paragraph (3) as from the day following the date the other eligible child's or children's pension ceased to be paid.

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