Regulation 15 Discharge of liability where the transferee dies before the Board has discharged liability for a pension compensation credit
(1)
This regulation applies where—
(a)
the Board is subject to a liability in respect of a pension compensation credit; and
(b)
the transferee dies before liability in respect of that pension compensation credit has been discharged.
(2)
The Board must discharge the liability by sending a notice to the personal representative or executor of the deceased.
(3)
On the sending of the notice—
(a)
either—
(i)
where regulation 20 does not apply, a surviving partner is entitled to compensation calculated in accordance with regulation 21; or
(ii)
a relevant partner is entitled to compensation in the circumstances prescribed in regulation 22(2); and
(b)
a surviving dependant is entitled to compensation in the circumstances prescribed in regulation 22(5).