Regulation 20 Nomination of beneficiaries

Regulation 65 of the principal Regulations shall be substituted by the following:—

“Nomination of beneficiaries

65

(1)

Subject to paragraph (2), an unmarried person (“the appointer”) may at any time while employed in reckonable service, by giving written notice to the Secretary of State, nominate an eligible person who is wholly or mainly financially dependent on the appointer and who is not a child to receive a pension under regulations 63 and 64.

(2)

No person may be nominated while a previous nomination under this regulation has effect.

(3)

The eligible persons are—

(a)

a parent of the appointer,

(b)

an unmarried brother or sister of the appointer, and

(c)

a widowed step-parent of the appointer.

(4)

A nomination under this regulation may be revoked by giving written notice to the Secretary of State, and if not previously revoked ceases to have effect—

(a)

on the death or marriage (or, as the case may be, remarriage) of the person nominated, and

(b)

on the marriage of the appointer.

(5)

The references in paragraphs (2) and (4) to a nomination under this regulation include references to a nomination made before 6th April 1988 for the purposes of this Part or of previous provisions relating to family benefits.”.