# The New Firefighters’ Pension Scheme Order (Northern Ireland) 2007, Paragraph 36: Post-retirement death grant

Extent: N.I.

(1) Where—
(a) a pension under any of articles 11 to 13, 15 or 16 is in payment; and
(b) the pensioner dies within five years of the pension coming into payment,
the Board shall pay, by way of post retirement death grant, an amount equal to the difference between—
(i) the amount that it would have paid to the pensioner in that five year period (excluding any lump sum that he may have received on commutation under article 19 of Part 3) , disregarding any increase in the pension that might have become payable after his death; and
(ii) the amount paid to him before his death, excluding any lump sum that he may have received on commutation under article 19 ....
(2) Paragraphs (10) to (12) of article 35 shall apply in relation to a grant under this article as they apply in relation to a death grant.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2007/215/schedule/ANNEX/paragraph/36 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/new-firefighters-pension-scheme-order-northern-ireland-2007/schedule-ANNEX/paragraph-36
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