Regulation 140 Annual rate of surviving adult pension: short-termI1

applies if a member (D) dies in service or dies as a pensioner member; and

is payable for the first 3 months after D’s death.

if D dies in service, it is D’s annual rate of pensionable earnings as at the date of D’s death (disregarding any reduction by reason of sick leave, maternity leave, paternity leave, F1shared parental leave F2, parental bereavement leave or adoption leave);

if D dies as a pensioner member, it is D’s annual rate of retirement pension as at the date of D’s death; or

if the rate calculated under sub-paragraph (a) or (b) is smaller than the annual rate calculated in accordance with regulation 141 (“long-term rate”), it is the same as the long-term rate.