The Police Pension Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2015

Suspension and recovery of pensions paid under this Part

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138.—(1) This regulation applies if—

(a)on a member’s death a pension is paid under this Part; and

(b)it later appears to the scheme manager that the member or the person to whom the pension was paid made a false declaration or deliberately suppressed a material fact in connection with the claim for payment.

(2) The scheme manager may—

(a)cease paying the pension; and

(b)recover any payment of the pension.

(3) Paragraph (2) does not affect any other right the scheme manager has to recover a payment or an overpayment.