PART 7Benefits for pension credit members
CHAPTER 3Death grant
Payment of death grant160
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On the death of a pension credit member, F1where a death grant is to be paid, the payment must be made—
a
to the death grant beneficiary;
b
if there is more than one death grant beneficiary, to those beneficiaries in the shares determined in accordance with regulation 157(4) and (5); or
c
if there is no death grant beneficiary—
i
to the member's surviving spouse F4, surviving civil partner or surviving qualifying partner; or,
ii
if there is no such person, to the member's personal representatives as part of the member's estate.
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In paragraph (1)(c)(i) “surviving qualifying partner” has the meaning given by regulation 135.