The Police Pensions Regulations 1987

Prevention of duplication

E7.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), where, but for this Regulation, a person would be entitled to receive, in respect of any particular period, payments on account of more than one award in respect of the death of the same person—

(a) each of the awards being a widow’s pension under Part C, or

(b) each of the awards being either a child’s allowance under Part D or an adult dependent relative’s pension under Regulation E1,

he shall be entitled to receive, in respect of that period, payment on account of one only of those awards; and the award payable shall be that from time to time selected by the person concerned or, in default of such selection where one award is for the time being greater than any other such award, the award which is for the time being the greater.

(2) Nothing in paragraph (1) shall prevent a person from being entitled to receive more than one such pension or allowance as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) or (b) thereof if—

(a) the awards in question are calculated, directly or indirectly, by reference to different periods of pensionable service, and

(b) no award in question falls to be increased in accordance with Regulation E8 or to be determined in accordance with Regulation E10 (flat-rate award).