The Police Pensions Regulations 1987

Adult dependent relative’s special pension

E1.—(1) This Regulation shall apply in the case of a member of a police force who dies as the result of an injury received without his own default in the execution of his duty and, in such case, shall apply—

(a) to a parent or (without prejudice to the following sub-paragraph) to a brother or sister of the member who had attained the age of 19 years before the member’s death;

(b) subject to his having attained the age of 19 years, to any child of the member whether or not he had attained that age before the member’s death, or

(c) where the member was a married woman whose husband was permanently disabled at the time she died, to her widower,

subject, in each case, to the person in question being substantially dependent on the member immediately before the member’s death.

(2) If the police authority, having regard to all the circumstances of the case, so determine, they may grant a special pension to any such dependent relative.

(3) A dependent relative’s special pension shall be calculated in accordance with Part I of Schedule E and, subject to paragraph 4 thereof, shall be payable for such period or periods as the police authority may, in their discretion, from time to time determine.