{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pension-scheme-scotland-regulations-2015/regulation-157",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pension-scheme-scotland-regulations-2015/regulation-157.json",
  "legislation": "ssi/2015/142",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pension-scheme-scotland-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/157",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "157",
  "heading": "Payment of one benefit only in respect of deceased member",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies for the purpose of determining benefits payable to a surviving adult or eligible child (P) in respect of a member’s continuous period of pensionable service under this scheme.\n(2) P is not entitled to be paid in respect of the member’s period of service both—\n(a) a surviving adult’s pension or an eligible child’s pension; and\n(b) an award under the Injury Benefits Regulations.\n(3) P may choose which of the benefits in paragraph (2) P wishes to be paid.\n(4) If P chooses which benefit P wishes to be paid, the scheme manager must pay P that benefit.\n(5) If P does not choose which benefit P wishes to be paid, the scheme manager must pay P—\n(a) the benefit which is for the time being greater; or\n(b) if the amount of both benefits is the same, that amount.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Word in reg. 157(4) substituted (with effect from 1.4.2015) by The Police Pension Scheme (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2015 (S.S.I. 2015/325), regs. 1(2), 8"
    },
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "Reg. 157 in force at 1.4.2015, see reg. 1"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2015/142/regulation/157",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:30:03.361596+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}