The Police (Pensions and Injury Benefit) (Amendment) Regulations 1992

Lump sum death grant

6.  The Pensions Regulations are amended by inserting after regulation E3—

“Widows and widowers

Lump sum death grant

E3A.— (1) On the death of a person while serving as a regular policeman a lump sum death grant becomes payable unless an election under regulation G4 not to pay pension contributions had effect at the time of the death.

(2) The grant is payable whether or not any pension or gratuity is payable under Part C.

(3) The amount of the grant is twice that of the deceased’s pensionable pay, expressed as an annual rate—

(a) at the time of the death, or

(b) if he was then absent from duty without pay, immediately before that absence began.

(4) The grant is to be paid—

(a) to any widow who qualifies for it, or

(b) if there is no such widow, to the personal representatives.

(5) A widow qualifies for the grant unlesss at the time of the death—

(a) the widow and the deceased were separated by an order or decree of a competent court, and

(b) the deceased was not required by such an order to contribute, and was not in fact regularly contributing, to the support of the widow or to the widow for the support of a child of the widow's.”.