S.L. 260.4 Art. 16To whom the pensionable emoluments shall be granted. Re-numbered and

(1) Where the correctional services officer has, without his own default, died as a direct consequence of him having carried out the duties of his office, his pensionable emoluments shall be granted to:

(a) the surviving spouse or partner of the deceased until such spouse remarries or such partner contracts another union of equivalent status in accordance with the Civil Union Act, or reaches pensionable age, or in the absence of an eligible spouse or partner;

(b) the child or children of the deceased until such child or children attain the age of 18 years or until such child or children attain the age of 23 years if attending a full-time educational institution; or in the absence of children;

(c) a parent or immediate family relative who was wholly dependent on him for maintenance, for a period of 5 years from the death of the officer subject to the retention of a state of dependency.

(2) For the purposes of sub-regulation (1)(b) the pensionable emoluments shall be granted to the child or children equally divided and in the case of minors, entrusted to their legal guardian as defined in the Children and Young Persons (Care Orders) Act.