PART 6Survivor's benefits
CHAPTER 4Surviving adult pensions
Annual rate of surviving adult pension: short-term143
1
The short-term rate of surviving adult pension—
a
applies if a member (D) dies in service or dies as a pensioner member; and
b
is payable for the first 3 months after D's death.
2
The short-term rate is calculated as follows—
a
b
if D dies as a pensioner member, it is D's annual rate of retirement pension as at the date of D's death; or
c
if the rate calculated under sub-paragraph (a) or (b) is smaller than the annual rate calculated in accordance with regulation 144 (“long-term rate”), it is the same as the long-term rate.
3
In this regulation, “annual rate of retirement pension” means annual rate of phased retirement earned pension or annual rate of full retirement earned pension.