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40.—(1) If an active or pensioner member dies leaving a surviving spouse, the spouse is entitled to a short-term pension.
(2) It is payable for three months after the member's death.
(3) But if there are eligible children in the spouse’s care, it is payable for a further three months.
(4) Where the deceased was an active member, the short-term pension is equal to the deceased’s final pay.
(5) Where the deceased was a pensioner member, the short-term pension is equal to his retirement pension immediately before the death (but see regulation 42).
(6) In this regulation “pensioner member” includes a person whose retirement pension has been commuted under regulation 50 (exceptional ill-health).
(7) If there is more than one surviving spouse, they become jointly entitled under paragraph (1).
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