PART 6Survivor’s benefits

CHAPTER 6Child pensions

Enhancement of child pension149

1

This regulation applies if a member (D)—

a

dies in service; or

b

dies as a pensioner member after an ill health pension and a total incapacity pension become payable to D.

2

If this regulation applies, the long-term rate of child pension is—

R×SECmath

where—

  • R is—

    1. i

      37.5%, if a surviving adult pension is payable;

    2. ii

      50%, if a surviving adult pension is not payable or has ceased to be payable;

  • S is the sum of the following amounts—

    1. i

      the amount of D’s accrued earned pension as at the date of D’s death; and

    2. ii

      the amount found by multiplying half D’s prospective service (in years and fractions of a year) by 1/57th of D’s annual rate of pensionable earnings as at the date of D’s death;

  • EC is—

    1. i

      2, if a child pension is payable to no more than 2 eligible children; or

    2. ii

      The number of eligible children, if a child pension is payable to more than 2 eligible children; and

  • “D’s prospective service” means the period (in years and fractions of a year) beginning with the day after the date of D’s death and ending on the day on which D would have reached prospective normal pension age.