# The National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 2008, Regulation 3.E.13: Amount of children’s pension under regulation 3.E.8: recent leavers

Extent: E+W

(1) This regulation applies for determining the annual amount of the pension payable under regulation 3.E.8(1) if at the date of death the deceased was a recent leaver.
(2) That amount is the appropriate fraction of the basic death pension.
(3) In this regulation—
(a) “the basic death pension” means twice the appropriate proportion of the pension to which the deceased would be entitled to—
(i) if the deceased had become entitled to a pension under regulation 3.D.7(5), or
(ii) if greater, the amount that the member’s pension would have been if it had been based on 10 years’ pensionable service (disregarding any additional pension), and
(b) “the appropriate fraction” means—
(i) if there is a surviving parent of the dependant child or children or a surviving spouse or civil partner of a parent of the dependent child or children and a surviving adult’s pension is payable—
(aa) one-quarter if there is only one dependent child, and
(bb) one-half if there are two or more dependent children,
(ii) otherwise—
(aa) one-third if there is only one dependent child, and
(bb) two-thirds if there are two or more dependent children.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/653/regulation/3.E.13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-regulations-2008/regulation-3.E.13
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