# The Teachers' Pension Scheme Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014, 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—
R × S E Cwhere—
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 the number of D's eligible children.
“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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisr/2014/310/regulation/152 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/teachers-pension-scheme-regulations-northern-ireland-2014/regulation-152
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