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Paragraph 1 InterpretationI1

England and Wales

(1)

In this Schedule—

  • “beneficiary” means a person who has become entitled to receive any death benefit;

  • “child”, except in the term “eligible child”, means a person under the age of 18;

  • “death benefit” means a benefit payable under a police pension scheme in relation to a member of that scheme who has died;

  • “election” means an opted-out service election, an immediate choice decision or a deferred choice decision;

  • “eligible decision-maker” means the person who may make—

    1. (a)

      an opted-out service election in accordance with regulation 6(2)(b);

    2. (b)

      an immediate choice decision in accordance with regulation 8(2)(b);

    3. (c)

      a deferred choice decision in accordance with regulation 12(2)(b);.

  • “surviving adult” has the meaning given in regulation 134 of the 2015 Regulations.

(2)

In this Schedule, a reference to—

(a)

a beneficiary is a reference to—

(i)

a beneficiary of death benefits in relation to M’s remediable police service;

(ii)

where the benefits in relation to M’s remediable police service are legacy scheme benefits, a person who would be a beneficiary of death benefits in relation to M’s remediable police service if the benefits in relation to that service were reformed scheme benefits;

(b)

an eligible child is a reference to an eligible child of M;

(c)

M is a reference to the remedy member in respect of whose remediable police service an election may be made;

(d)

a surviving adult is a reference to a surviving adult in relation to M.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Sch. para. 1 in force at 1.10.2023, see reg. 1(b)

Notes on Schedule

Textual amendments

F1

Word in Sch. shoulder note substituted (9.2.2024) by The Police and Firefighters’ Pensions (Remediable Service) (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/59), regs. 1(2), 2(10)