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Paragraph 8

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(1)

This paragraph applies–

(a)

where paragraph 5 has become applicable because the teacher died while in pensionable employment, or

(b)

where the teacher dies within 3 months after ceasing to be in such employment without having made an election under paragraph 5 or 6,

  • and another person (“the pensioner”) is entitled under regulation E25 to a long-term pension in respect of him.

(2)

Where this paragraph applies–

(a)

the teacher is to be treated as having ceased to hold the employment when incapacitated;

(b)

any election that could have been made under paragraph 5 or 6 may, within 3 months after the death, be made by the pensioner, or in the case of a child by a person acting on his behalf;

(c)

if any payment due by virtue of such an election is not made within 3 months after the death the election ceases to have effect; and

(d)

a terminal sum may be set off against such a payment only to the extent that the person entitled to it consents.