The Local Government (Early Termination of Employment) (Discretionary Compensation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003

Payment of children’s compensation

24.—(1) Where children’s compensation is payable to, or for the benefit of, the same children to whom, or for whose benefit, children’s pensions are payable under regulation 49 (discretions as to payment of children’s pensions) of the Pension Regulations, the compensation shall be paid to the same person and, if applicable, in the same proportions as the pension is paid under that regulation.

(2) If the only reason why a children’s pension is not paid under regulation 49 of the Pension Regulations is –

(a) a relevant disqualification with respect to the deceased; or

(b) the transfer of benefits to another pension scheme,

the employing authority shall decide to whom the children’s compensation is to be paid and, if applicable, how it is to be apportioned amongst the eligible children.