39Payment of deceased member’s member benefit

39 Payment of deceased member’s member benefit

Subject to Part 10, a deceased member’s member benefit is payable as a lump sum as follows: (a) if the deceased member is survived by a spouse or spouses, the benefit is payable to the spouse or spouses; (b) if the deceased member is not survived by a spouse or spouses but is survived by an eligible child or children, the benefit is payable to, or for the benefit of, the child or children; (c) if the deceased member is not survived by a spouse or spouses, or an eligible child, and he or she had notified CSC in writing that: (i) he or she had a person or persons dependent on him or her who would not be eligible to receive benefits as a spouse or eligible child; and (ii) he or she had made provision for that person or those persons in his or her will; the benefit is payable to, or for the benefit of, the person or persons; (d) in any other case the benefit is payable to the deceased member’s personal representative.