Meaning of “eligible child”
46.—(1) The eligible child of a deceased member is –
(a)the deceased’s legitimate or adopted child; or
(b)a child who was wholly or mainly dependent on the deceased at the time of his death or, where the child is born after the member’s death, who would have been so dependent if he had been born before or on the date of the deceased member’s death,
but does not include a child who was born on or after the first anniversary of the date of the deceased’s death.
(2) A person only counts as a child if –
(a)he is aged under 17;
(b)since he became 17 he has been engaged continuously in full-time education or in training for a trade, profession or vocation; or
(c)he is physically or mentally incapacitated and became so whilst a child within paragraph (a) or (b).
(3) If the Committee wishes, it may treat education or training as continuous despite a break.