Paragraph 4 Multiple beneficiaries: eligible adult survivorsI1

England and Wales

(1)

This paragraph applies where two or more eligible adult survivors are the beneficiaries.

(2)

Where one of the eligible adult survivors is—

(a)

a spouse,

(b)

a civil partner, or

(c)

a cohabiting partner

of the deceased, the eligible decision-maker is that person.

(3)

Where none of the eligible adult survivors is a person mentioned in sub-paragraph (2), the eligible decision-maker is—

(a)

the person agreed upon between them, in accordance with paragraph 6 below, who must be one of them, or

(b)

if no agreement is reached, the scheme manager.

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