Paragraph 6 Annual rate of eligible child’s pension payable under this scheme when a transition member dies in serviceI1

This paragraph applies in relation to a transition member with continuity of service—

The annual rate of child’s pension payable is, subject to sub-paragraph (3), the sum of—

Where a child’s pension is payable, the payment of any enhancement in respect of the member’s assumed period of pensionable service is not payable under a pre-2022 scheme.

In this paragraph—

• “the member’s assumed period of pensionable service” means the period—

  1. (a)

     beginning with the day after the date of the member’s death; and

  2. (b)

     ending with—

     1. (i)

        for a member appointed for a fixed term, the day on which that term would have ended; and

     2. (ii)

        for all other appointments, the day before the day on which the member would have reached prospective normal pension age if the member had lived until that age; and

• “period of service” means—

  1. (a)

     the member’s continuous period of pensionable service under this scheme; and

  2. (b)

     the member’s pensionable service under a pre-2022 scheme before the closing date.

In this regulation a reference to “pensionable service” in relation to the Fee-Paid Judges Scheme is a reference to qualifying judicial service.