# The Judicial Pensions Regulations 2022, Regulation 88: Eligibility for eligible child’s pension

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) This regulation applies if a member of this scheme dies leaving an eligible child.
(2) An eligible child’s pension is only payable in respect of such period or periods during which a child or young person is an eligible child.
(3) An eligible child’s pension is not payable in respect of any period before a child’s birth.
(4) An eligible child’s pension is payable in respect of an eligible child as follows—
(a) a child’s earned pension is payable if the member was entitled to the immediate payment of a full retirement pension as at the date of the member’s death or the member would have become entitled to such a pension had the member not died;
(b) a child’s ill-health pension is payable if an ill-health pension was payable to the member as at the date of the member’s death.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2022/319/regulation/88 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-regulations-2022/regulation-88
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