Regulation 44 Meaning of “eligible child”
(1)
The eligible child of a deceased member is—
(a)
the deceased’s legitimate or adopted child, or
(b)
a child who was wholly or mainly dependent on the deceased at the time of his death.
(2)
A person only counts as a child if—
(a)
he is aged under 17,
(b)
since he became 17 he has been engaged continuously in full-time education or in training for a trade, profession or vocation, or
(c)
he is physically or mentally incapacitated and became so whilst a child within paragraph (a) or (b).
(3)
If an appropriate administering authority wish, they may treat education or training as continuous despite a break.