# The Pensions (2012 Act) (Transitional, Consequential and Supplementary Provisions) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014, Regulation 58: Modification of the Pension Protection Fund (Compensation) Regulations where there is no provision for a survivor's pension


In a case where—
(a) immediately before the assessment date—
(i) under the admissible rules of an eligible scheme a member is entitled to present payment of a pension under an occupational pension scheme, and
(ii) that pension does not include the provision of a survivor's pension in the event of the member's death;
(b) the member is entitled, from the assessment date, to compensation under paragraph 3 or 5 of Schedule 6 to the 2005 Order, and
(c) the member dies on or after the assessment date,
regulation 3 of the Pension Protection Fund (Compensation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 (circumstances where a widow or widower is not entitled to payment of periodic compensation) has effect as if for paragraph (b) there were substituted—
“(b) no provision to pay a survivor's pension—
(i) under the admissible rules of the scheme, or
(ii) because the member has chosen a pension under the scheme which does not include the provision of a survivor's pension.”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2014/204/regulation/58 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/pensions-2012-act-transitional-consequential-and-supplementary-provisions-regulations-northern-ireland-2014/regulation-58
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