Regulation 160 Payment of death grant

England and Wales

F1(1)

On the death of a pension credit member, F2where a death grant is to be paid, the payment must be made—

(a)

to the death grant beneficiary;

(b)

if there is more than one death grant beneficiary, to those beneficiaries in the shares determined in accordance with regulation 157(4) and (5); or

(c)

if there is no death grant beneficiary—

(i)

to the member's surviving spouse F3, surviving civil partner or surviving qualifying partner; or,

(ii)

if there is no such person, to the member's personal representatives as part of the member's estate.

F4(2)

In paragraph (1)(c)(i) “surviving qualifying partner” has the meaning given by regulation 135.

Annotations

F1: Reg. 160 renumbered as reg. 160(1) (with effect from 1.4.2015) by The Teachers Pensions Schemes (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1134), reg. 1(1)(4), 27(a)
F2: Words in reg. 160 substituted (retrospective to 1.4.2015) by The Teachers Pensions Schemes (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/218), regs. 1(2)(b), 3(8)
F3: Words in reg. 160(1)(c)(i) substituted (with effect from 1.4.2015) by The Teachers Pensions Schemes (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1134), reg. 1(1)(4), 27(b)
F4: Reg. 160(2) inserted (with effect from 1.4.2015) by The Teachers Pensions Schemes (Amendment) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1134), reg. 1(1)(4), 27(c)