2

Subject to paragraph (5), the Board may determine that the pension be forfeited, in whole or in part and permanently or temporarily as it may specify, where —

a

the pensioner has been convicted of an offence mentioned in paragraph (3); or

b

the beneficiary of a deceased member of this scheme is convicted of a relevant criminal offence specified in paragraph (3A).

3A

The relevant criminal offences referred to in paragraph (2)(b) are—

i

the murder of the member;

ii

the manslaughter of the member; or

iii

any other offence of which the unlawful killing of the member is an element.

4A

If the Board withholds all of the benefits payable to a beneficiary, Parts C, D, and E apply as if the beneficiary has died before the member.

8

In this regulation, “beneficiary” means—

i

a widow to whom Part C applies;

ii

a child to whom Part D applies.