The Police and Firefighters’ Pensions (Amendment) Regulations 2018

Adult survivor’s special award

12.  In regulation 13 (adult survivor’s special award)(1)—

(a) in paragraph (2)(b), for the words after “greater of” to the end, substitute “the amounts mentioned in paragraph (2A)”; and

(b) after paragraph (2), insert—

“(2A) The amounts are—

(a) for a member of the 1987 scheme who is not a member of the 2015 scheme—

(i) the member’s average pensionable pay, and

(ii) 2¼ times the annual amount of ill-health pension which would have been payable under regulation B3 (policeman’s ill-health award) of the 1987 Regulations to the member had the member retired on the ground of permanent disablement on the date of the member’s death;

(b) for a member of the 2006 scheme who is not a member of the 2015 scheme—

(i) the member’s average pensionable pay, and

(ii) 2¼ times the annual amount of ill-health pension which would have been payable under regulation 29 (police officer’s ill-health pension) of the 2006 Regulations to the member had the member retired meeting the criteria for a standard ill-health pension and an enhanced ill-health top up pension on the date of the member’s death;

(c) for a member of the 2015 scheme—

(i) the member’s average pensionable pay, and

(iii) 2¼ times the annual amount of ill-health pension which would have been payable under regulation 102(3)(b) (entitlement to ill-health pension) of the 2015 Regulations had the member retired meeting the upper tier threshold for payment of an ill-health pension under regulation 101(2) (payment thresholds) of those Regulations on the date of the member’s death.”.

(1)

Regulation 13(2)(b) was amended by S.I. 2006/3415; there are other amendments to regulation 13 not relevant to this instrument.