# The Firefighters' Pension Scheme (Scotland) Order 2007, Paragraph 2: Post-retirement death grant


(1) Where–
(a) a pension under any of rules 1 to 3, 5 or 6 of Part 3 is in payment; and
(b) the pensioner dies within five years of the pension coming into payment,
the authority shall pay, by way of post-retirement death grant, an amount equal to the difference between–
(i) the amount that they would have paid to the pensioner in that five year period, disregarding any increase in the pension that might have become payable after the pensioner’s death; and
(ii) the amount paid to the pensioner before the pensioner’s death (including any lump sum that the pensioner may have received on commutation under rule 9 or 10 of Part 3).
(2) Paragraphs (9) to (11) of rule 1 of this Part shall apply in relation to a grant under this rule as they apply in relation to a death grant.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2007/199/schedule/1/part/5/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-scotland-order-2007/schedule-1/part-5/paragraph-2
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