Regulation 22 Amendment of the Teachers' Superannuation Regulations (Northern Ireland) 1998I1

Regulation E20 shall be amended as provided by paragraphs (2) to (8).

In paragraph (1) for “paragraph (6)” there shall be substituted “paragraphs (1A) and (6)”.

At the end of paragraph (1)(c) the word “or” shall be inserted.

After paragraph (1)(c) there shall be inserted—

“(d)

was on unpaid maternity, paternity or adoption leave or parental leave,”.

After paragraph (1) there shall be inserted—

“(1A)

No death grant may be paid under paragraph (1)(c) in respect of a person to whom retirement benefits or a short-service incapacity grant calculated (in either case) by reference to the total of his reckonable service have been paid.”.

In paragraph (6)(b) after “surviving spouse” there shall be inserted “, surviving civil partner”.

In paragraph (7) for sub-paragraph (a) there shall be substituted—

“(a)

if the deceased is survived by one widow, a widower or a surviving civil partner, to the widow, widower or surviving civil partner,”.

In paragraph (7)(c) for “widow or widower” there shall be substituted “widow, widower or surviving civil partner,”.