# The Local Government Pension Scheme Regulations 1997, 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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/1612/regulation/44 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/local-government-pension-scheme-regulations-1997/regulation-44
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