PART 6Death benefits

CHAPTER 5Payment of death benefits

Surviving partner's pensions and eligible child's pensions: suspension and recovery109.

(1)

This regulation applies if—

(a)

on a member's death a pension has been awarded and paid under this Part; and

(b)

it later appears to the scheme manager that the member or the person to whom the pension has been paid made a false declaration or deliberately suppressed a material fact in connection with the award.

(2)

The scheme manager may—

(a)

cease paying the pension; and

(b)

recover any payment made under the award.

(3)

Paragraph (2) does not affect the scheme manager's right to recover a payment or overpayment under any other provision where the scheme manager considers it appropriate to do so.