Regulation 143 Annual rate of surviving adult pension: short-term

applies if a member (D) dies in service or dies as a pensioner member; and

is payable for the first 3 months after D's death.

if D dies in service, it is D's annual rate of pensionable earnings as at the date of D's death (disregarding any reduction by reason of sick leave, maternity leave, paternity leave, F1...F2shared parental leave F3, parental bereavement leave F4, neonatal care leave or adoption leave);

if D dies as a pensioner member, it is D's annual rate of retirement pension as at the date of D's death; or

if the rate calculated under sub-paragraph (a) or (b) is smaller than the annual rate calculated in accordance with regulation 144 (“long-term rate”), it is the same as the long-term rate.