{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-166",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/police-pensions-regulations-northern-ireland-2015/regulation-166.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/166",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "166",
  "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 children (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 on 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) the person wishes to receive.\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 the person 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": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2015/113/regulation/166",
    "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."
}