# The National Health Service Pension Scheme Regulations 2015, Paragraph 6: Death of re-employed pensioner


(1) A lump sum on death is payable under this paragraph in respect of the death of a re-employed pensioner (P).
(2) The lump sum is an amount equal to the sum of—
(a) five times the annual rate of the relevant pension; and
(b) the amount found by virtue of paragraph 4(2) in respect of each pension to which P has been entitled for less than 5 years.
(3) The relevant pension is—
(a) if P dies before reaching normal pension age, a Tier 2 IHP (within the meaning of regulation 90);
(b) if P dies on or after reaching normal pension age, a pension to which P would have been entitled under regulation 73 at the date of death.
(4) If P exercised the option under regulation 51, for the purposes of sub-paragraph (2)(b), the reference in paragraph 4(2) to the amount of the pension payments already made to the member is a reference to the amount of the pension payments that would have been made apart from the election.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/94/schedule/14/paragraph/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-health-service-pension-scheme-regulations-2015/schedule-14/paragraph-6
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