Paragraph 5

In Part 5 (awards on death: additional provisions)—

(a)

In rule 3 (gratuity in lieu of surviving spouse’s or civil partner’s pension), in paragraph (1), for the words from “Part 1” to “rule”, substitute “Part 2 of Schedule 29 to the Finance Act 2004^f1 (lump sum death benefit rule); and

(b)

In rule 5 (increase of pensions and allowances during first 13 weeks)—

(i)

In paragraph (2)—

(aa)

in sub-paragraph (b), for “the Pension Scheme”, substitute “the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme, and”; and

(bb)

after sub-paragraph (b) insert—

“(c)
any children’s pensions payable under the New Firefighters’ Pension Scheme,”;

(ii)

in paragraph (4)(a), for “the Pension Scheme”, substitute “the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme”;

(iii)

in paragraph (5), for the words from “and” to “the Pension Scheme”, substitute “, a child’s ordinary or accrued allowance under the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme or a child’s pension under the New Firefighters’ Pension Scheme”; and

(iv)

in paragraph (7), for “the Pension Scheme”, substitute “the Firefighters’ Pension Scheme or the New Firefighters’ Pension Scheme”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 2004 c.12. As to “the lump sum death benefit rule”, see section 168 of, and Part 2 of Schedule 29 to, that Act.