Limitation on award to adult survivor living apart from the deceased officer
14. An adult survivor shall not be entitled to an award under regulation 12 or 13 if, at the time of the deceased officer’s death—
(a)they were separated from each other by an order or decree of a competent court, and
(b)the deceased officer was not required by an order or decree of a competent court to contribute to the support of the adult survivor and was not in fact regularly contributing to his support;
and, for the purposes of this regulation, contributions to an adult survivor for the support of his child shall be treated as contributions for his support.