Document ID: chunk:federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00465:section:48:p2
Version: federal_register_of_legislation:C2024C00465
Segment Type: section
Provision Reference: s 48 (pt 2/2)
Character Range: 120736–121989

death, pension benefit is payable under this Part; and
 (b) the aggregate amount of retirement pay or invalidity pay paid or payable to the member before his death and of pension benefit paid or payable in respect of him under this Part is less than an amount equal to one and one‑half times the amount of his contributions;
a lump sum payment equal to the difference shall be paid to the personal representatives of the member, or failing them, to such persons, if any, as CSC determines.
 (5) In this section, a reference to the amount of retirement pay or invalidity pay paid or payable to a member of the scheme before the member's death shall be read as including the following:
 (a) if an election has been made, by or on behalf of the member, under section 24 or 32A, to commute a portion of the retirement pay or invalidity pay, as the case may be, payable to the member—the amount paid or payable to or in respect of the member under paragraph 24(3)(a) or 32A(5)(a), as the case may be, by virtue of that election;
 (b) if the member's retirement pay or invalidity pay is reduced under section 49N to reflect a release authority lump sum paid in relation to a release authority issued to the member—the amount of the release authority lump sum.