{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pension-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2014/regulation-139",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pension-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2014/regulation-139.json",
  "legislation": "nisr/2014/310",
  "legislation_title": "The Teachers' Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pension-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2014",
  "path": "regulation/139",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "139",
  "heading": "Death in service grant",
  "text": "(1) A death grant is payable under this regulation if a member (D) dies in service (“death in service grant”).\n(2) A death in service grant is not payable if—\n(a) D dies while in pensionable service that is not post-benefit service and a retirement pension other than a phased retirement pension becomes payable before D's death; or\n(b) D dies while in a period of post-benefit service and a retirement pension in respect of that period becomes payable before D's death.\n(3) If D dies while in pensionable service that is not post-benefit service, the amount of the death in service grant is found by—\n(a) multiplying D's annual rate of pensionable earnings as at the date of D's death by 3; and\n(b) deducting the following amounts previously paid to D in respect of pensionable service under this scheme—\n(i) any part of a lump sum under regulation 168 not attributable to additional pension;\n(ii) any short-service serious ill-health grant.\n(4) If D dies while in a period of post-benefit service, the amount of the death in service grant is found by—\n(a) multiplying D's annual rate of pensionable earnings as at the date of D's death by 3; and\n(b) deducting the following amounts previously payable to D under this scheme in respect of both the period of post-benefit service and any previous period of pensionable service—\n(i) any lump sum under regulation 168 not attributable to additional pension;\n(ii) any short-service serious ill-health grant.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2014/310/regulation/139",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T01:04:41.805929+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}