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Regulation 46 Lump sum on death: death after retirement of member with preserved pension

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(1)

Paragraph (2) applies if—

(a)

a member (“P”) dies (on or after the commencement day) having retired (whether before, on or after the commencement day);

(b)

where P retires on or after the commencement day, P is not, on retirement, an opted-out member; and

(c)

if P had not died P would, on reaching normal pension age have become entitled to a pension under regulation 17.

(2)

On the day after that on which P dies, P’s personal representatives become entitled to a lump sum on behalf of P’s estate.

(3)

The amount of the lump sum is to be determined in accordance with the following formula—

A×2.25

where A is a notional annual rate of pension determined in accordance with regulation 18 as though P had reached normal pension age on the day P died.