42Pensions payable

42 Pensions payable

(1) Where a deceased retirement pensioner is survived by a spouse with or without eligible children, a pension is payable to the spouse at an annual rate equal to the relevant percentage in Table 1 in Schedule 4 of the deceased retirement pensioner’s pension. (2) In spite of subrule (1), on each of the 7 pension paydays immediately following the death of a retirement pensioner referred to in that subrule, the rate at which pension is payable to the spouse of the deceased retirement pensioner is the rate at which pension would have been payable to the deceased retirement pensioner on that day if he or she had not died. (3) Where a deceased retirement pensioner is not survived by a spouse but is survived by an eligible child or children, a pension is payable to, or for the benefit of, the child or children at an annual rate equal to the relevant percentage in Table 2 in Schedule 4 of the deceased retirement pensioner’s pension. (4) In this rule:

deceased retirement pensioner’s pension, in relation to a deceased retirement pensioner, means the pension that was payable to the deceased retirement pensioner immediately before his or her death.