# The Firefighters’ Pension Scheme (Wales) Regulations 2015, Paragraph 29: Amount of lump sum death benefit payable under this scheme when a transition member dies in service with accrued benefits in the NFPS

Extent: E+W

(1) This paragraph applies in relation to a transition member (T) who is a member of the NFPS and who dies as an active member of this scheme.
(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (3), where T dies as a pensioner member of the NFPS, the amount of the lump sum death benefit payable under this scheme is the greater of the amount of the lump sum death benefit payable under regulation 105(2) and the amount of post-retirement death grant payable under rule 2 (post-retirement death grant) of Part 5 of the NFPS.
(3) Where T at the time of T’s death was a pensioner member of this scheme and an active member of this scheme, and regulation 107 (lump sum payable on death in certain cases) applies, in a case where the greater amount of the lump sum death benefit payable is that under regulation 106 (lump sum payable on death of pensioner member), “regulation 105” in sub-paragraph (2) is to be read as “regulation 106”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2015/622/schedule/2/paragraph/29 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/firefighters-pension-scheme-wales-regulations-2015/schedule-2/paragraph-29
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