The Railways Pension Scheme Order 1994 No. 1433

THE SCHEDULE PENSION TRUST OF THE RAILWAYS PENSION SCHEME

Appendix 2 THE ARRANGEMENTS AND RULES GOVERNING THE ARRANGEMENTS

The Arrangements of the Scheme are the Shared Cost Arrangement, the Defined Benefit Arrangement and the Defined Contribution Arrangement.

PART 3 RULES OF THE DEFINED CONTRIBUTION ARRANGEMENT

Duration of Survivor’s Pension

15D  Subject to the Contracting–out Laws a spouse’s pension shall be payable for life unless the Trustee decides that it shall cease on remarriage. A pension payable to any adult Dependant shall be payable for life.

A child’s pension shall be payable until the child reaches age 18. But the Trustee may, at its discretion, continue to pay a pension (a) to a child aged 18 or over while he remains in full–time education or training approved by the Trustee, or (b) for the lifetime of a child who was wholly incapacitated at birth or becomes wholly incapacitated before age 18.