Public Service Superannuation Regulations

37 Where a child is born to a contributor after that contributor ceased to be employed in the public service, the child is not entitled to an allowance under the Act unless,

• (a) where the contributor ceased to be employed because of death, the child is a posthumous child; and

• (b) where the contributor ceased to be employed for any reason other than death, it appears to the Minister that the child was born following a gestation period commencing prior to the date when the contributor ceased to be employed.