PART 3BENEFITS FOR PRACTITIONERS, ETC.
CHAPTER 3.EDEATH BENEFITS
Pensions for surviving dependent children
Amount of surviving child's pension: power to increase3
1
This regulation applies if—
a
a member dies leaving a dependent child or children;
b
there is a surviving parent of the dependent child or children or a surviving spouse or civil partner of a parent of the dependent child or children; and
c
the dependent child or children are not being maintained by that surviving parent, spouse or civil partner.
2
The Scottish Ministers may increase the amount of the pension that would otherwise be payable under this Chapter in respect of the dependent child or children.
3
The increased amount may not exceed the amount that would have been payable under this Chapter if there had been no such surviving parent or spouse or civil partner of a parent.