# The Police (Injury Benefit) Regulations 2006, Regulation 15: Limitation on award to adult survivor living apart from the deceased officer


An adult survivor shall not be entitled to an award under regulation 13 or 14 if, at the time of the deceased officer’s death—
(a) they were separated from each other by an order or decree of a competent court, and
(b) the deceased officer was not required by an order or decree of a competent court to contribute to the support of the adult survivor and was not in fact regularly contributing to his support;
and, for the purposes of this regulation, contributions to an adult survivor for the support of his child shall be treated as contributions for his support.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2006/932/regulation/15 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/police-injury-benefit-regulations-2006/regulation-15
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