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Beneficiaries
(a)
(b)
The pensionable age for dependant children is to be standardised at 18, irrespective of sex and marital status, which may be extended to 23 if the children are in full time education. (Serving members to retain their existing right in respect of unmarried daughters not in full time education up to the age of 21.) Disabled dependant children will not be subject to any age limit.
То allow more flexibility in the definition of dependants, the Board of Directors will have discretionary power to accept bona-fide dependants who are not otherwise covered as beneficiaries under the schemes.
(B)
Death gratuity
(C)
Ex-gratia payment is to be paid to relieve hardship for officers ineligible for death gratuity due to short service (less than 2 years)
(a)
three months' salary for less than one year service;
(b)
officers who die with and
six months' salary for officers with service between one to two years.
Married Officers are to be allowed to nominate, on a voluntary basis, their spouse as recipients of death gratuity to shorten the time lag for payment.
Duty-related injury benefits (additional pension), death benefits (dependant pension) and employees compensation
Eligibility criteria
The eligibility
criteria
for dependant/additional pension are to be brought into line with those in the Employees' Compensation Ordinance (ECO). [The award of dependant/additional pension is at present subject to there being no fault on the part of the officer, i.e. negligence or carelessness. This is more stringent than the eligibility criteria for employees compensation where compensation will be paid unless the injury or death is proved to be attributable to the employees' serious and wilful misconduct.]
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