Regulation 124 Forfeiture: offences committed by a member’s beneficiaryI1

Where a member of this scheme (D) dies, and the beneficiary of D is convicted of a relevant criminal offence, the appropriate Minister may, in agreement with the relevant head of jurisdiction and to the extent that they both consider appropriate, withhold benefits payable to the beneficiary in respect of D.

If the appropriate Minister withholds all of the benefits payable to a beneficiary, Part 8 applies as if the beneficiary had died before D.

In this regulation, “relevant criminal offence” means—