Award to spouse or civil partner where no other award payableC7

1

This rule applies where–

a

a person by whom pension contributions have at any time been payable under rule G2 dies while serving as a regular firefighter before the end of the tax year preceding that in which he would have attained state pensionable age;

b

he leaves a spouse or civil partner; and

c

rules C1, C4 and C6 do not apply.

2

Where this rule applies, the surviving spouse or civil partner is entitled–

a

in respect of the first 13 weeks following the death, to a temporary pension calculated as if rule C6(2)(a) and (3) had applied; and

b

to a lump sum of an amount equal to the deceased’s average pensionable pay.