The Transport Act 2000 (Civil Aviation Authority Pension Scheme) Order 2001

Spouse’s pension

26.4  If a Member of the CAA Section dies before any benefit has become payable to him from the CAA Section in respect of the current period of Pensionable Service and is survived by a Spouse (or other beneficiary to whom a pension is payable in accordance with Rule 25.3), the pension described in Rule 25.2 and equal to:

(i) 2/3rds of the Relevant Pension of a Member who dies while he is a Current Member of the CAA Section; and

(ii) 60 per cent of the Relevant Pension of any other Member to whom this paragraph applies,

shall, subject to Rule 25.3 and Appendix 4, become payable to the Spouse (or other beneficiary as aforesaid) from the date of the Member’s death, provided that in respect of a Member who dies while he is a Current Member of the CAA Section, an additional amount shall be paid for a period of three months commencing on the date of his death such that the total payable in respect of the Member under this Rule 26.4 shall, for each such month, be equal to 1/12th of the Member’s Earnings as at the date of his death, disregarding in respect of a Class A Member and a Class B Member who became a Current Member on or after 1 June 1989 (other than a Continued Rights Member) any part of such Earnings which exceeds the Permitted Maximum at that date.