Regulation E23 Entitlement to short-term family benefits

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

reg.£21(6) amended by Teachers' Superannuation 1993 reg.14
reg.E23(1) amended by Teachers' Superannuation 1993 reg.15(a)
reg.E23(2A) added by Teachers' Superannuation 1993 reg.15(b)
reg.E23(2) substituted by Teachers' Superannuation 1996 reg.14
reg. and 14(3)(b) amended by Teachers' Superannuation 1997 reg.11(a)(b)

(1)

Subject to paragraph (3), a short-term pension is payable, from the day after that of his death, if a person dies—

(a)

while in pensionable employment, or

(b)

during a period for which he is paying additional contributions under regulation C8, or

(c)

within 12 months after ceasing to be in pensionable employment, or to pay such contributions, as a result of ill-health, but before becoming entitled to payment of retirement benefits, or

(d)

after becoming entitled to payment of retirement benefits.

(2)

The short-term pension is payable—

(a)

subject to paragraph (3)(a), to any surviving spouse, or

(b)

if a nomination under regulation E22 had effect at the time of his death, to the nominated beneficiary, or

(c)

if there is no surviving spouse or nominated beneficiary and the deceased is survived by a child or children of his, to or for the benefit of the child or, as the case may be, the children jointly.

(3)

No short-term pension is payable—

(a)

to a widower if one is payable to another person as a nominated beneficiary, or

(b)

if there is no surviving spouse, nominated beneficiary or surviving child, or

(c)

where paragraph (1)(d) applies, to a person who is not entitled under regulation E25 to a long-term pension.