Regulation 152 Enhancement of child pension

(1)

This regulation applies if a member (D)—

(a)

dies in service; or

(b)

dies as a pensioner member after an ill-health pension and a total incapacity pension become payable to D.

(2)

If this regulation applies, the long-term rate of child pension is—

\frac{R \times S}{E C}

where—

R is—

(i)
37.5%, if a surviving adult pension is payable;
(ii)
50%, if a surviving adult pension is not payable or has ceased to be payable;

S is the sum of the following amounts—

(i)
the amount of D's accrued earned pension as at the date of D's death; and
(ii)
the amount found by multiplying half D's prospective service (in years and fractions of a year) by 1/57th of D's annual rate of pensionable earnings as at the date of D's death;

EC is—

(i)
2, if a child pension is payable to no more than 2 eligible children; or
(ii)
the number of eligible children, if a child pension is payable to more than 2 eligible children; and

“D's prospective service” means the period (in years and fractions of a year) beginning with the day after the date of D's death and ending on the day on which D would have reached prospective normal pension age.