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

Period of payment

7.—(1) Subject to paragraph (2), where periodic compensation is payable under regulation 6 it shall be payable from the day after the member’s death.

(2) Where a surviving dependant –

(a) is an unborn child, periodic compensation shall be payable from the date of the child’s birth,

(b) has left a qualifying course, and payment of periodic compensation has ceased under paragraph (4)(a), but he begins another qualifying course before attaining the age of 25 and within one year of leaving the previous course, it shall be payable from the date the later qualifying course begins, or

(c) becomes disabled after he has attained the age of 18, periodic compensation shall be payable from the date that the surviving dependant became disabled.

(3) Except where paragraph (4) applies, periodic compensation shall be paid until the surviving dependant attains the age of 18.

(4) Where the surviving dependant –

(a) is attending a qualifying course, periodic compensation shall be paid until the surviving dependant –

(i) leaves the qualifying course, or

(ii) attains the age of 25,

whichever is the later, or

(b) is incapable of engaging in full-time paid employment due to a condition that falls within the definition of a disability under the Disability Discrimination Act 1995, periodic compensation shall be paid until the surviving dependant attains the age of 25.