{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-144",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-144.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2015/113",
  "legislation_title": "The Police Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-northern-ireland-2015",
  "path": "regulation/144",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "144",
  "heading": "Eligible child's pension",
  "text": "(1) This regulation applies if a member of this scheme dies leaving an eligible child.\n(2) An eligible child's pension is only payable in respect of such periods or periods during which a child or young person is an eligible child.\n(3) An eligible child's pension is not payable in respect of any period before a child's birth.\n(4) An eligible child's pension is payable in respect of an eligible child as follows—\n(a) a child's earned pension is payable if the member was entitled to the payment for life of a retirement earned pension as at the date of the member's death or the member would have become entitled to such a pension had the member not died;\n(b) a child's lower tier ill-health pension is payable if a lower tier earned pension was payable to the member as at the date of the member's death;\n(c) a child's enhanced upper tier ill-health pension is payable if an enhanced upper tier ill-health pension was payable to the member as at the date of the member's death;\n(d) a child's added pension is payable if the member was entitled to the payment for life of a retirement added (all beneficiaries) pension as at the date of the member's death or would have become entitled to such a pension had the member not died.\n(5) Part 6 of Schedule 4 (transitional provisions) provides for payment of an eligible child's pension in respect of a transition member with continuity of service—\n(a) who dies as an active member of this scheme; and\n(b) who has at least 2 years' qualifying service.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/113/regulation/144",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:03:04.118896+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."
}