Paragraph E.3 Amount of pensions under rules E.1 and E.2: active members

This rule applies in the case of a deceased active member, other than an active member who would not have qualified for a pension under rule D.2 if his service had ceased on the date of death otherwise than by reason of death.

The annual amount of the pension payable under rule E.1 (surviving spouses' and civil partners' pensions) and rule E.2 (other adult dependants' pensions) is the appropriate fraction of the member’s final pensionable earnings multiplied by RS, where RS is the higher of—

The appropriate fraction is 1/112.

If immediately before the member’s death he was entitled to exercise the option under rule G.3 or G.4 (aggregation of service), then, unless paragraph (5) applies, these Rules apply as if the member had exercised that option before his death (and accordingly no amount is payable under rule E.4 in respect of the service that is aggregated).

If immediately before the member’s death he was entitled to exercise the option under rule A.10(1A), then unless paragraph (5) applies, these Rules apply as if the member had exercised that option before his death.

This paragraph applies if in the opinion of the Secretary of State the value of the benefits payable in respect of the member under these Rules would be greater if these Rules did not apply as if the member had exercised that option before his death.

For the purposes of paragraph (2)—