{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-england-regulations-2014/regulation-85",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-england-regulations-2014/regulation-85.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/2014/2848",
  "legislation_title": "The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (England) Regulations 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-england-regulations-2014",
  "path": "regulation/85",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "85",
  "heading": "Meaning of “eligible child”",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations, “child”, in relation to a deceased member, means—\n(a) a natural child, step-child or adopted child of the member; or\n(b) the natural child, step-child or adopted child of the member’s spouse, civil partner or cohabiting partner; or\n(c) any natural child of the member who was born after the member’s death and with whom the child’s mother was pregnant at the date of the member’s death.\n(2) A child of the deceased member is an “eligible child” if—\n(a) the child was at the date of the deceased member’s death financially dependent on the deceased member;\n(b) the child is not married or in a civil partnership; and\n(c) the child satisfies any of the conditions A to C.\n(3) Condition A is that the person is under the age of 18.\n(4) Condition B is that the person is in full-time education or on a course of at least one year’s duration and has not reached the age of 23.\n(5) Condition C is that the person is dependent on the member at the date of the deceased’s death by reason of permanent incapacity of mind or body.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 85 in force at 1.4.2015, see reg. 1(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/2848/regulation/85",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T23:58:36.876688+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}