# The Teachers (Compensation for Redundancy and Premature Retirement) Regulations 2015, Regulation 25: Duration of compensation on death

Extent: E+W

(1) Subject to paragraph (3), a person’s short-term compensation is payable from the day after that of the death, and the duration of the short-term compensation payable is to be ascertained from the table below.
Table
Category
Person entitled to short-term compensation
Duration of compensation (months)
1
Spouse, civil partner, surviving nominated partner or nominated beneficiary
3
2
One child or more and adult compensation is payable
3
3
One child or more and no adult compensation is payable
6
In the table above “adult compensation” means short-term compensation payable to a spouse, civil partner, surviving nominated partner or nominated beneficiary.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3), a person’s long-term compensation is payable for life—
(a) from the day following that on which the person’s short-term compensation ceases to be payable; or
(b) if no short-term compensation was payable, from the day after that of the death.
(3) Short-term or long-term compensation payable to or for the benefit of a child ceases to be payable when the child ceases to be an eligible child.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/601/regulation/25 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-compensation-for-redundancy-and-premature-retirement-regulations-2015/regulation-25
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