PART 4U.K.BENEFITS PAYABLE FOR DEATH

Amount of bereavement grantU.K.

35.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the amount of the bereavement grant payable in respect of the death of a person who was a member on the date of death is £25,000.

[F1(2) Where the person was—

(a)a member of the AFPS 2005, or

(b)a member of the AFPS 2015,

the amount of the bereavement grant is the difference between the salary of the member on the date of death and the amount specified in paragraph (1).]

(3) Where a former member dies the bereavement grant is £37,500.

(4) In the event that there is more than one surviving spouse [F2or eligible child] entitled to the bereavement grant, the amount to which each such surviving spouse [F2or eligible child] is entitled is the amount payable at paragraphs (1), (2) or (3), divided by the number of surviving spouses [F3or eligible children] so entitled at the date of the death of the member or former member.

[F4(5) In the case of a bereavement grant payable to an eligible child paragraph (4) applies only where at the time the grant is paid—

(a)a claim for child's payment has been made by or on behalf of an eligible child; or

(b)the Secretary of State is aware that a claim is to be made on behalf of a child born after the death of a member or former member.]

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