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11.—(1) Where a lump sum is payable under any of paragraphs 3, 8 or 9 of this Schedule, unless sub-paragraph (2) or (3) below applies, the lump sum shall be paid to the personal representative of the person entitled to a pension credit or, as the case may be, the pension credit member.
(2) Where the person entitled to a pension credit or, as the case may be, the pension credit member dies and leaves a widow or widower, the lump sum may be paid to the widow or widower, unless—
(a)the person entitled to a pension credit or, as the case may be, the pension credit member has given notice to the Secretary of State in accordance with sub-paragraph (4) below that the widow or widower is not to receive the payment, and has not revoked that notice; or
(b)sub-paragraph (3) below applies.
(3) Where the person entitled to a pension credit or, as the case may be, the pension credit member has given notice to the Secretary of State in accordance with sub-paragraphs (4) and (5) below that the lump sum is to be paid to a person specified in the notice, and has not revoked that notice, the lump sum may be paid to that person unless—
(a)that person has died before the payment can be made; or
(b)payment to that person is not, in the opinion of the Secretary of State, reasonably practicable.
(4) Notice to the Secretary of State for the purpose of sub-paragraph (2) or (3) above—
(a)shall be given only by a person entitled to a pension credit or, as the case may be, a pension credit member under the AVC scheme;
(b)shall be given in writing; and
(c)may at any time be revoked in writing,
and a person entitled to a pension credit or, as the case may be, a pension credit member who revokes such a notice may give further notice for the purpose of one of those sub-paragraphs.
(5) A notice given for the purpose of sub-paragraph (3) above shall specify one person, who may be—
(a)an individual;
(b)a body corporate; or
(c)an unincorporated body.]
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