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50.—(1) Regulation K5 is amended as follows.
(2) For paragraph (2) substitute—
“(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).”
(3) In paragraph (3) for “paragraph (2)” substitute “paragraph (2)(a)”.
(4) After paragraph (3) insert—
“(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.”
(5) After paragraph (4) insert—
“(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.”
(6) After paragraph (7) insert—
“(8) In this regulation, “beneficiary” means—
(i)a widow to whom Part C applies;
(ii)a child to whom Part D applies.”
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