Annual rate of eligible child’s pension payable under this scheme when a transition member dies in serviceN.I.
32.—(1) This paragraph applies in relation to a transition member with continuity of service—
(a)who dies as an active member of this scheme; and
(b)whose period of service is at least 12 months.
(2) Benefits for eligible children are not payable under the PCSPS(NI) in respect of the member.
(3) The annual rate of child’s earned pension payable under regulation 114(4)(a) is the sum of—
(a)the annual rate of child’s earned pension calculated under regulation 115 (annual rate of eligible child’s pension); and
(b)the amount of annual pension which would have been payable under the PCSPS(NI) to any eligible children of the member had those benefits been payable under the PCSPS(NI) in respect of the member.
(4) The amount of pension payable in accordance with sub-paragraph (3) which represents the amount that would have been payable under the PCSPS(NI) is subject to the same conditions, and ceases to be payable in the same circumstances, as the pension to which the eligible child would have been entitled under the PCSPS(NI) in accordance with the rules of that scheme.
(5) In this paragraph, “period of service” means—
(a)the member’s continuous period of pensionable service under this scheme; and
(b)the member’s pensionable service under the PCSPS(NI) before the [F1transition date for that member] .
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Sch. 2 para. 32(5)(b) substituted (1.4.2015) by The Public Service (Civil Servants and Others) Pensions (Amendment) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015 (S.R. 2015/181), regs. 1, 2(11)
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 2 para. 32 in operation at 18.12.2014, see reg. 1(2)