The Police (Injury Benefit) Regulations 2006

Child’s special gratuity

18.—(1) This regulation applies to a child of a member of a police force who dies or has died as the result of an injury received without his own default in the execution of his duty where one of the conditions set out in regulation 14(1) is met and he does not leave an adult survivor entitled to a gratuity under regulation 13 or 14.

(2) Subject to regulation 19 (limitations) but without prejudice to the provisions of regulation 17 (child’s special allowance), a child to whom this regulation applies shall be entitled to a gratuity as provided in this regulation.

(3) The gratuity under paragraph (2) shall be of the amount mentioned in paragraph (4) except that, where two or more such gratuities are payable in respect of the same person, each gratuity shall be of that amount divided by the number of such gratuities.

(4) That amount shall be an amount equal to twice the annual pensionable pay, at the date of that parent’s death, of a person holding the rank of constable in the metropolitan police force and entitled to reckon 30 years' service for the purposes of pay.