Paragraph 1 InterpretationI1

In this Schedule—

• “beneficiary” (“buddiolwr”) means a person who has become entitled to receive any death benefit;

• “election” (“dewisiad”) means an opted-out service election, an immediate choice election decision or a deferred choice election decision;

• “eligible adult survivor” (“goroeswr sy’n oedolyn cymwys”) means—

  1. (a)

     a “surviving partner” within the meaning given in regulation 85(1) and (2) of the 2015 Regulations, or

  2. (b)

     a “child” within the meaning given in regulation 94(1) of the 2015 Regulations and who is 18 years of age or older;

• “eligible child survivor” (“goroeswr sy’n blentyn cymwys”) means an “eligible child” (“plentyn cymwys”) within the meaning given in regulation 94(2) of the 2015 Regulations and who is under the age of 18;

• “eligible decision-maker” (“penderfynwr cymwys”) means the person who may make—

  1. (a)

     an opted-out service election as mentioned in regulation 6;

  2. (b)

     an immediate choice election as mentioned in regulation 10;

  3. (c)

     a deferred choice election decision as mentioned in regulation 14.