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The Police Pensions (Remediable Service) (Scotland) Regulations 2023

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1.—(1) In this schedule—

beneficiary” means a person who has become entitled to receive any death benefit;

“child”, except in the term “eligible child”, means a person under the age of 18;

death benefit” means a benefit payable under a police pension scheme following the death of a member of that scheme;

election” means an opted-out service election, an immediate choice election or a deferred choice election decision;

eligible decision-maker” means the person who may make—

(a)

an opted-out service election as mentioned in regulation 5(2)(b);

(b)

an immediate choice election as mentioned in regulation 7(2)(b);

(c)

a deferred choice election decision as mentioned in regulation 11(2)(b).

(2) In this schedule, a reference to—

(a)a beneficiary is a reference to—

(i)a beneficiary of death benefits in relation to M’s remediable police service;

(ii)where the benefits in relation to M’s remediable police service are legacy scheme benefits, a person who would be a beneficiary of death benefits in relation to M’s remediable police service if the benefits in relation to that service were reformed scheme benefits;

(b)an eligible child is a reference to an eligible child of M;

(c)a surviving adult is a reference to a surviving adult in relation to M.

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