Regulation 18 Death gratuity

in paragraph (1), for sub-paragraph (a), there shall be substituted the following:—

“(a)

was a pensionable employee, or”;

after sub-paragraph (d) of paragraph (1) there shall be inserted the following:—

“or

(e)

was in a local government employment and was entitled to reckon at least 2 years' reckonable service but was not a pensionable employee by virtue of a notification under regulation B4A,”;

in paragraph (8), after the words “paragraph (1)(d)”, there shall be inserted the words “or (e)”;

in paragraph (9)(a), for the words “paragraph (1)(a) or (d)”, there shall be substituted the words “paragraph (1)(a), (d) or (e)”; and

after paragraph (13) there shall be inserted the following:—

“(14)

Where a person qualifies for a death gratuity under more than one sub-paragraph of paragraph (1) in respect of the same period of service, he shall be treated as having qualified under the sub-paragraph which would, in accordance with the preceding paragraphs, result in the highest amount of gratuity being paid.”.