The Police Cadets (Pensions) Regulations 1973

Child's special gratuity

9.—(1) This Regulation shall apply to a child of a police cadet who dies or has died as the result of a qualifying injury where one of the conditions set out in Regulation 7(1) of these Regulations is satisfied and—

(a) in the case of a man, does not leave a widow entitled to a gratuity under Regulation 6(2) of these Regulations or,

(b) in the case of a woman, was the child's only surviving parent.

(2) Subject to the provisions of these Regulations, a child to whom this Regulation applies shall be entitled to a gratuity in addition to a special allowance and Regulations 39 and 42 of the principal Regulations shall apply as if the parent had been a regular policeman at the time that he received the injury, as if any reference in the said Regulation 39 to Regulation 29 of the principal Regulations were a reference to that Regulation as applied by Regulation 7 of these Regulations and as if the reference in paragraph (4) of the said Regulation 39 to annual pensionable pay were a reference to the annual pensionable pay of a police cadet attached to the metropolitan police force who has attained the age of 19 years.