The Pension Protection Fund (Compensation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005

Compensation for surviving dependants

4.—(1) A person shall be entitled to periodic compensation under paragraph 23 of Schedule 6 (compensation in form of dependants' benefits) in the circumstances prescribed in this regulation.

(2) In the case of a relevant partner, the circumstances are where there is provision to pay a survivor’s pension to an unmarried partner of the member under the admissible rules of the scheme (whether discretionary or otherwise), and –

(a) the member –

(i) has provided the Board with a signed written notice informing the Board that the person is a relevant partner, and

(ii) the relevant partner has demonstrated to the satisfaction of the Board that he was co-habiting with the member at the date of the member’s death, or

(b) where the member has not provided the Board with a signed notice in accordance with paragraph (2)(a)(i), the relevant partner provides evidence to the satisfaction of the Board that –

(i) he was financially dependent on, or interdependent on the member, and

(ii) he was co-habiting with the member,

at the date of the member’s death.

(3) In the case of a surviving dependant the circumstances are where the surviving dependant provides –

(a) in the case of a natural child or unborn child of the member, a birth certificate demonstrating that he was the natural child of the member,

(b) in the case of an adopted child of the member, the adoption certificate demonstrating that he was the adopted child of the member, or

(c) in the case of any other child who is a dependant of the member at the date of the member’s death, evidence demonstrating to the satisfaction of the Board that he was a dependent child of the member at the date of the member’s death,

to the Board or, where evidence is provided during the assessment period, to the trustees or managers of the eligible scheme.