SCHEDULE 5DEPENDENT RELATIVE'S SPECIAL PENSION

Regulation 20

1

Subject to paragraphs 2, 3 and 4, a dependent relative’s special pension shall be of a weekly amount equal to 45% of the average pensionable pay for a week of the member of a police force in respect of whose death it was granted (“the deceased”).

2

In respect of any week in respect of which there are payable in respect of the deceased’s death both—

a

a widow’s special pension or, where the deceased was a married woman or a woman in a civil partnership, a dependent relative’s special pension granted to her widower or surviving civil partner, and

b

a dependent relative’s special pension other than, where the deceased was a married woman or a woman in a civil partnership, one granted as aforesaid,

the dependent relative’s special pension mentioned in sub-paragraph (b) shall not be of the amount mentioned in paragraph 1 but, subject to paragraphs 3 and 4, of an amount equal to 20% of the deceased’s average pensionable pay for a week.

3

The amount of a dependent relative’s special pension determined in accordance with paragraph 1 or 2 shall be increased in accordance with regulation 29 (increase by reference to the Pensions (Increase) Acts).

4

1

Where in respect of any week the aggregate amount of—

a

any widow’s special pension, and

b

any child’s special allowance,

payable in respect of the deceased’s death equals or exceeds the amount of the deceased’s average pensionable pay for a week, no dependent relative’s special pension shall be payable in respect of that week.

2

Where in respect of any week the aggregate amount of—

a

any widow’s special pension,

b

any child’s special allowance, and

c

any dependent relative’s special pension,

payable in respect of the deceased’s death would exceed the amount of the deceased’s average pensionable pay for a week, the dependent relative’s pension shall be reduced by such factor as will ensure that that aggregate does not exceed that amount.

3

For the purposes of this paragraph any increase in a pension or allowance in accordance with regulation 29 (increase by reference to the Pensions (Increase) Acts) shall be ignored.