# The National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 2015, Paragraph 5: Death of recent leaver


(1) A lump sum on death is payable under this paragraph in respect of the death of a recent leaver before the person reaches the age of 75.
(2) The amount of the lump sum on death payable is equal to 2.025 times the amount of the deferred annual pension to which the recent leaver would have been entitled had that pension been calculated by reference to the pensionable service the recent leaver was entitled to count in the employment that has ceased.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/94/schedule/14/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-regulations-2015/schedule-14/paragraph-5
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