The Public Service (Civil Servants and Others) Pensions Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2014

Eligible child’s pension

114.—(1) This regulation applies if a member of this scheme dies leaving an eligible child.

(2) An eligible child’s pension is only payable in respect of such period or periods during which a child or young person is an eligible child.

(3) An eligible child’s pension is not payable in respect of any period before a child’s birth.

(4) An eligible child’s pension is payable in respect of an eligible child as follows—

(a) a child’s earned pension is payable if the member was entitled to the immediate payment of a full retirement pension as at the date of the member’s death or the member would have become entitled to such a pension had the member not died;

(b) a child’s lower tier earned pension is payable if a lower tier earned pension was payable to the member as at the date of the member’s death;

(c) a child’s upper tier top up earned pension is payable if an upper tier top up earned pension was payable to the member as at the date of the member’s death;

(d) a child’s added pension is payable if the member was entitled to the immediate payment of an added (all beneficiaries) pension as at the date of the member’s death or would have become entitled to such a pension had the member not died.