# The National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 1995, Paragraph 6: Pension credit member dies before pension credit benefit becomes payable


(1) If a pension credit member dies before his pension under this Section of the scheme becomes payable under paragraph 3, a lump sum on death shall be payable in accordance with regulation F5 as modified by paragraph 9 below.
(2) The lump sum shall be equal to 3 times the annual rate of the pension credit member’s pension, to which he would have been entitled had he reached normal benefit age on or before the date of death, calculated in accordance with paragraph 3(5).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1995/300/schedule/2A/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-regulations-1995/schedule-2A/paragraph-6
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