Amount of surviving child's pension: power to increaseS
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2.E.15.—(1) This regulation applies if—
(a)a member dies leaving a dependent child or children;
(b)there is a surviving parent of the dependent child or children or a surviving spouse or civil partner of a parent of the dependent child or children; and
(c)the dependent child or children are not being maintained by that surviving parent, spouse or civil partner.
(2) The Scottish Ministers may increase the amount of the pension that would otherwise be payable under this Chapter in respect of the dependent child or children.
(3) The increased amount may not exceed the amount that would have been payable under this Chapter if there had been no such surviving parent or spouse or civil partner of a parent.