# The Teachers' Pension Scheme Regulations 2014, Regulation 160: Payment of death grant

Extent: E+W

(1) On the death of a pension credit member, where 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 , 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.
(2) In paragraph (1)(c)(i) “surviving qualifying partner” has the meaning given by regulation 135.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2014/512/regulation/160 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pension-scheme-regulations-2014/regulation-160
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