This regulation applies for determining the annual amount of the pension payable under regulation 3.E.8(1) (surviving dependent child's pension) if at the date of death the deceased was a recent leaver (within the meaning of regulation 3.E.6(3) (recent leavers)).

That amount is the appropriate fraction of the basic death pension.

In this regulation—

• “the basic death pension” means 75% of the pension to which the deceased would have been entitled if the deceased had become entitled to—

  1. a

     a pension under regulation 3.D.7(5) (early retirement on ill health: active members and non-contributing members) on the date of death; or

  2. b

     if greater, the amount that the member's pension would have been if it had been based on 10 years' pensionable service (disregarding any additional pension); and

• “the appropriate fraction” means—

  1. a

     if there is a surviving parent of the dependent child or children or a surviving spouse or civil partner of a parent of the dependent child or children and a surviving adult's pension is payable—

     1. i

        one-quarter if there is only one dependent child; and

     2. ii

        one-half if there are two or more dependent children; and

  2. b

     otherwise—

     1. i

        one-third if there is only one dependent child; and

     2. ii

        two-thirds if there are two or more dependent children.