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Article 34 Pensions to motherless or fatherless children under the age of 15

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(1)

Where a dependent child of a deceased male person is or becomes motherless, or a dependent child of a deceased female person is or becomes fatherless, and in either case the child has not attained the age of 15, a pension may be awarded to the child at the rate, subject to the following provisions of this Article, specified in Schedule 4, paragraph 7.

(2)

Where a dependent child of a deceased male person—

(a)

is a child to whom Article 2(7)(f) applies; or

(b)

was living apart from the deceased person on the date of the death of that person;

the pension awarded to that child shall be at such rate, not exceeding the rate specified in the said paragraph 7, as the Secretary of State may consider appropriate in the circumstances of the case.