Paragraph 5 Post-retirement death grant: pension credit members

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

Sch. 1 Annex A1 inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Scheme 2012 art. 4
Sch. 1 para. 2(1) words substituted by General and Specialist Medical Practice (Education, Training and Qualifications) 2010 Sch. 3 para. 15
Sch. 1 Pt. 13A inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Scheme Order 2007 2010 Sch.
Sch. 1 Pt. 13B inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Scheme Order 2007 2010 Sch. para. 4
Sch. 1 Pt. 6 rule 3(2) substituted by Firefighters' Pension Scheme Order 2007 2008 Sch. para. 6(a)
Sch. 1 Pt. 6 rule 5(1)(b)(ii) substituted by Firefighters' Pension Scheme Order 2007 2008 Sch. para. 6(b)
Sch. 1 Pt. 6 rule 6 inserted by Firefighters' Pension Scheme Order 2007 2008 Sch. para. 6(c)
Sch. 1 Pt. 13B omitted by Fire Reform (Pensions Amendments) 2013 art. 20
sch. 1 Pt. 6 rule 2 words substituted by Firefighters’ Pension Schemes 2019 art. 3(6)
Sch. 1 Annex 3 inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Scheme 2014 Sch. para. 17
Sch. 1 Annex AB1 inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Scheme 2014 Sch. para. 15
Sch. 1 Annex ZA inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Scheme 2014 Sch. para. 13
Sch. 1 Pt. 6 rule 1(1)(a) words inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Scheme 2014 Sch. para. 6(a)
Sch. 1 Pt. 6 rule 3(7) words substituted by Firefighters’ Pension Scheme 2014 Sch. para. 6(b)(i)
Sch. 1 Pt. 6 rule 3(7A)-(7C) inserted by Firefighters’ Pension Scheme 2014 Sch. para. 6(b)(ii)

(1)

Where–

(a)

a pension credit member dies within five years of the pension under rule 1 of this Part coming into payment and before the pension credit member’s 75th birthday; and

(b)

there is a difference between–

(i)

the amount that is five times the pension, calculated at the annual rate effective on the day that it came into payment; and

(ii)

the aggregate of–

(aa)

the instalments of pension that have been paid; and

(bb)

any lump sum received on commutation under rule 3 of this Part,

the authority shall pay a post-retirement death grant of the amount of that difference.

(2)

The grant may be paid, in whole or in part, to such person or persons as the authority think fit.

(3)

For the purposes of paragraph (1), any increases which, if the pension had continued in payment, would have been taken into account, shall be disregarded.