{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/section-111",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/section-111.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2015/76",
  "legislation_title": "The Judicial Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/judicial-pensions-regulations-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "section/111",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "111",
  "heading": "Payment of lump sum death benefit",
  "text": "(1) A lump sum death benefit is payable in respect of—\n(a) an active, deferred or pensioner member of this scheme who dies; or\n(b) a pension credit member of this scheme who dies before any benefits attributable (directly or indirectly) to a pension credit become payable.\n(2) But a lump sum death benefit is not payable in respect of—\n(a) a pensioner member who is not also an active member who dies more than 5 years after the member's full retirement pension or ill-health pension becomes payable; or\n(b) a member who has reached the age of 75.\n(3) Payment of a lump sum death benefit must be made within the period of 2 years beginning with the earlier of—\n(a) the day on which the scheme manager first knew of the member's death; and\n(b) the day on which the scheme manager could reasonably be expected to have known of the member's death.\n(4) The scheme manager may decide not to pay a lump sum death benefit if it is impracticable to pay it.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/76/section/111",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:03:33.835756+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}