6.—(1) This paragraph applies where the postponed pensioner—N.I.
(a)dies on or after the assessment date,
(b)the pension was attributable—
(i)to the postponed pensioner's pensionable service, or
(ii)(directly or indirectly) to a pension credit to which the postponed pensioner became entitled under Article 26(1)(b) of the 1999 Order.
(2) Subject to sub-paragraph (4), the postponed pensioner's widow or widower is entitled to periodic compensation commencing on the day following the postponed pensioner's death and continuing for life.
(3) The annual rate of the periodic compensation at any time is half of the annual rate of the periodic compensation (including [F1any actuarial increase under paragraph 25A and] any increases under paragraph 28) to which the postponed pensioner would at that time have been entitled under paragraph 5 in respect of the pension had the postponed pensioner not died.
[F2(3A) If, on the day the postponed pensioner (“P”) died, commencement of P's periodic compensation under paragraph 5 was postponed by virtue of paragraph 25A, assume for the purposes of sub-paragraph (3) that the periodic compensation commenced immediately before the date of P's death.]
(4) The postponed pensioner's widow or widower is not entitled to periodic compensation under this paragraph in such circumstances as may be prescribed.
(5) In this paragraph “the postponed pensioner” and “the pension” are to be construed in accordance with paragraph 5.
F1Words in Sch. 6 para. 6(3) inserted (27.3.2013) by Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012 (c. 3), s. 34(3), Sch. 4 para. 24(1)(a); S.R. 2013/83, art. 2(b)(ii)
F2Sch. 6 para. 6(3A) inserted (27.3.2013) by Pensions Act (Northern Ireland) 2012 (c. 3), s. 34(3), Sch. 4 para. 24(1)(b); S.R. 2013/83, art. 2(b)(ii)