PART 9Family benefits

Child pensions: long-term rate99

1

Except as provided in regulation 98 (child pensions: short-term rate), the annual rate of a child pension is R x the average salary of the person (D) on whose death the pension is payable x D's family benefit service (in years and fractions of a year)/EC.

2

R is—

a

while an adult pension is payable in respect of D, 1/160;

b

where no adult pension becomes payable on D's death or where such a pension became payable on D's death but ceases to be payable, 1/120.

3

EC is—

a

2 while the number of D's eligible children to whom a child pension is payable is 1 or 2, and

b

the number of D's eligible children to whom a child pension is payable in any other case.

4

Part 2 of Schedule 9 (family benefit service) has effect for determining D's family benefit service.