Enhancement of child pension
149.—(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—
where—
R is—
(i)37.5%, if a surviving adult pension is payable;
(ii)50%, if a surviving adult pension is not payable or has ceased to be payable;
S is the sum of the following amounts—
(i)the amount of D’s accrued earned pension as at the date of D’s death; and
(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—
(i)2, if a child pension is payable to no more than 2 eligible children; or
(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.